Occult choriocarcinoma discovered by positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging following a successful pregnancy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 713-715

  Numnum, T Michael ^a   Leath III, Charles A ^a   Straughn Jr , J Michael ^a   Conner, Michael G ^b   Barnes III, MacK N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BROAD LIGAMENT; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT CANCER; PELVIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 18144364321     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.01.049     Document Type: Article

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