Title of article
METASTATIC GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS and NO GYNECOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS: REPORT OF FIVE CASES
Author/Authors
Ghaemmaghami, F Department of Gynecology Oncology - Vali-e-Asr Reprodutive Health Research Center - Imam Khomeini Hospital - School of Medicine - Medical Sciences - University of Tehran , Ashraf-Ganjoie, T Department of Gynecology Oncology - Afzalipour Hospital - School of Medicine - Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Pages
4
From page
77
To page
80
Abstract
Early recognition of Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasm (GTN) will maximize the chances
of cure with chemotherapy but some patients present with many different symptoms months or even
years after the causative pregnancy making diagnosis difficult. Clinicians should be aware of the
possibility of GTN in any reproductive age woman with bizarre central nervous system, gastrointestinal,
pulmonary symptoms or radiographic evidence of metastatic tumor of unknown primary origin. We
reported five cases of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasms with bizarre pulmonary symptoms,
acute abdomen, neurologic symptoms presenting without gynecological symptoms.
Keywords
Gestational trophoblastic neoplasms , mole , invasive mole , choriocarsinoma
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
2008
Record number
2449222
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