Intracerebral hemorrhage as initial presentation of gestational choriocarcinoma: A case report and literature review

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1166-1171

  Huang, C Y ^a   Chen, C A ^a   Hsieh, C Y ^a   Cheng, W F ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Choriocarcinoma; Intracerebral hemorrhage; PET scan

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKERATIN; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG INJURY; LUNG METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DACTINOMYCIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; METHOTREXATE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 34548694099     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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