Chemoresistant placental site trophoblastic tumor with hilar lymph node metastasis: An unusual site of involvement

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 552-555

  Metindir, Jale ^a,c   Pak, Işin ^a   Özdilekcan, Çiǧdem ^a   Eren, Evren ^b  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital Ankara   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gestational trophoblastic disease; Hilar lymph node metastasis; Placental site trophoblastic tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG HILUS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; THORACOTOMY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR, PLACENTAL SITE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 12344263581     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.10.030     Document Type: Article

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