40-year-old female with menorrhagia and abdominal pain: A case of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
Choriocarcinoma is part of a rare spectrum of placental abnormalities known as gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD). It is the most invasive form of GTD, with a mortality rate approaching 100% if left untreated. It spreads predominantly hematogenously to multiple target sites, most commonly the l...
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| author | Bhavraj Khalsa, MD Chandana Lall, MD Roozbeh Houshyar, MD John Fox, MD |
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| description | Choriocarcinoma is part of a rare spectrum of placental abnormalities known as gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD). It is the most invasive form of GTD, with a mortality rate approaching 100% if left untreated. It spreads predominantly hematogenously to multiple target sites, most commonly the lungs. Due to its hypervascular nature, it is often complicated by bleeding. We describe a case of choriocarcinoma in a 40-year-old female with metastases to the lungs, brain, and bilateral kidneys resulting in large retroperitoneal hematomas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-adf44e367955439f82030af4905806d42022-12-21T22:22:03ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332015-01-0110110.2484/rcr.v10i1.105740-year-old female with menorrhagia and abdominal pain: A case of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasiaBhavraj Khalsa, MDChandana Lall, MDRoozbeh Houshyar, MDJohn Fox, MDChoriocarcinoma is part of a rare spectrum of placental abnormalities known as gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD). It is the most invasive form of GTD, with a mortality rate approaching 100% if left untreated. It spreads predominantly hematogenously to multiple target sites, most commonly the lungs. Due to its hypervascular nature, it is often complicated by bleeding. We describe a case of choriocarcinoma in a 40-year-old female with metastases to the lungs, brain, and bilateral kidneys resulting in large retroperitoneal hematomas.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043315305434 |
| spellingShingle | Bhavraj Khalsa, MD Chandana Lall, MD Roozbeh Houshyar, MD John Fox, MD 40-year-old female with menorrhagia and abdominal pain: A case of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia Radiology Case Reports |
| title | 40-year-old female with menorrhagia and abdominal pain: A case of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia |
| title_full | 40-year-old female with menorrhagia and abdominal pain: A case of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia |
| title_fullStr | 40-year-old female with menorrhagia and abdominal pain: A case of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia |
| title_full_unstemmed | 40-year-old female with menorrhagia and abdominal pain: A case of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia |
| title_short | 40-year-old female with menorrhagia and abdominal pain: A case of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia |
| title_sort | 40 year old female with menorrhagia and abdominal pain a case of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043315305434 |
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