Placental site trophoblastic tumor presenting with scalp metastases

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 333-336

  Hartenbach, E M ^a,c   Saltzman, A K ^a   Zachary, C B ^a   Osborne, J L ^a   Okagaki, T ^a,b   Twiggs, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

placental site tumor; trophoblastic disease

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOSIS INDEX; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP TUMOR; SKIN METASTASIS; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0030035212     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.1996.06040333.x     Document Type: Article

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