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Summary
When pregnancy is complicated by an ovarian tumor, operative removal of the tumor
may involve the corpus luteum. Evidence from the literature suggests that excision
of the corpus luteum results in from 10 per cent to 33 per cent of miscarriages if
done within the first two months. This evidence, however, is neither statistically
accurate nor reliable. If a satisfactory test for the presence of the luteal hormone
could be devised, it might be possible to determine the length of furletional life
of the corpus luteum. This would lead to a better understanding of the risks of removing
the corpus luteum in early gestation. The characteristic response of decidual glands
to progestin is the only available test, at present, for this hormone. The duration
of this response was studied in specimens of uteri removed at approximately three-week
intervals through pregnancy.
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*Presented at a meeting of the American Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists, and Abdominal Surgeons at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass., on March 27, 1937.
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© 1938 C. V. Mosby Company. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
