Trophoblastic pulmonary embolization after hysterectomy for invasive complete mole: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 908-912

  Garner, Elizabeth I O ^b   Chang Lee, Wendy Y ^b   Lu, Karen H ^b   Goldstein, Donald P ^b   Berkowitz, Ross S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Invasive mole; Pulmonary embolism; Trophoblastic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; HYSTERECTOMY; INTUBATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; OXYGEN TENSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

ADULT; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; HYSTERECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032748431     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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