Diagnostic challenges in extrauterine epitheloid trophoblastic tumours: A report of two cases

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 452-454

  Macdonald, M C ^a   Palmer, J E ^a   Hancock, B W ^b   Tidy, J A ^a,b  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Sheffield Trophoblastic Disease Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical choriocarcinoma; Epithelioid trophoblastic tumour; Intermediate trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ESTROGEN; ETOPOSIDE; ISOSFAMIDE; MESNA; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DILATION AND EVACUATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38649105163     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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