bilateral krukenberg tumor in a pregnant lady: a case report

Krukenberg tumors are rare metastatic ovarian tumors with its primary site being the gastrointestinal tract as a most common site and poor prognosis. we hereby, present a 25-year-old pregnant female suffering from abdominal pain and iterative vomiting episodes. she was diagnosed with a terminal stage of the malignant disease. she underwent total ovariectomy without any radiotherapy. histological examination of the specimen yielded diagnosis of krukenberg tumor. ten days later, the patient underwent a natural vaginal delivery in the 25th gestational week because of labor pain, and we extracted a dead male newborn of 31 cm, 510 g, ap score 0. three weeks later, the patient died because of pulmonary failure.