Unusual presentation of a metastatic choriocarcinoma following a full term pregnancy: A case report

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 271-273

  Balat, O ^a   Verschraegen, C F ^a,c   Edwards, C L ^b   Silva, E ^b   Kudelka, A P ^a   Kavanagh, J J ^a  

^a Section of Medical Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Gynecology ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral metastasis; Chemotherapy; Choriocarcinoma; Full term pregnancy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; SCALP TUMOR;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0029744823     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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