Choriocarcinoma in Ongoing Pregnancy Presenting with Intracranial Metastasis
Choriocarcinoma presents usually as persistent trophoblastic disease, with prognosis worsening with duration from antecedent pregnancy. We present a unique case of a woman with choriocarcinoma who presented in the third trimester of pregnancy with eclampsia. She was managed with magnesium sulphate...
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| author | Sujata Siwatch Vanita Suri Pooja Sikka Neelam Aggarwal Seema Chopra |
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| description | Choriocarcinoma presents usually as persistent trophoblastic disease, with prognosis worsening with duration from antecedent pregnancy.
We present a unique case of a woman with choriocarcinoma who presented in the third trimester of pregnancy with eclampsia. She was
managed with magnesium sulphate and underwent a caesarean section. However, she developed seizures in the post-partum period
that were further investigated and attributed to intracranial metastatic lesions of Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia (GTN). We discussed
the diagnostic challenge in this rare case of GTN and the grave potential it can have in such a presentation, as in our patient. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7ee5c6379564d99a1d6cc94ae2b04652022-12-22T00:35:08ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2016-11-011011QD01QD0310.7860/JCDR/2016/19344.8769Choriocarcinoma in Ongoing Pregnancy Presenting with Intracranial MetastasisSujata Siwatch0Vanita Suri1Pooja Sikka2Neelam Aggarwal3Seema Chopra4Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.Additional Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.Choriocarcinoma presents usually as persistent trophoblastic disease, with prognosis worsening with duration from antecedent pregnancy. We present a unique case of a woman with choriocarcinoma who presented in the third trimester of pregnancy with eclampsia. She was managed with magnesium sulphate and underwent a caesarean section. However, she developed seizures in the post-partum period that were further investigated and attributed to intracranial metastatic lesions of Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia (GTN). We discussed the diagnostic challenge in this rare case of GTN and the grave potential it can have in such a presentation, as in our patient.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/8769/19344_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(ASAK)_PFA(NC_AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfeclampsiagestational trophoblastic diseasemagnesium sulphate |
| spellingShingle | Sujata Siwatch Vanita Suri Pooja Sikka Neelam Aggarwal Seema Chopra Choriocarcinoma in Ongoing Pregnancy Presenting with Intracranial Metastasis Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research eclampsia gestational trophoblastic disease magnesium sulphate |
| title | Choriocarcinoma in Ongoing Pregnancy Presenting with Intracranial Metastasis |
| title_full | Choriocarcinoma in Ongoing Pregnancy Presenting with Intracranial Metastasis |
| title_fullStr | Choriocarcinoma in Ongoing Pregnancy Presenting with Intracranial Metastasis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Choriocarcinoma in Ongoing Pregnancy Presenting with Intracranial Metastasis |
| title_short | Choriocarcinoma in Ongoing Pregnancy Presenting with Intracranial Metastasis |
| title_sort | choriocarcinoma in ongoing pregnancy presenting with intracranial metastasis |
| topic | eclampsia gestational trophoblastic disease magnesium sulphate |
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