Hydatidiform mole metastasizing to the lung

Pulmonary lesions developed in three patients with an invasive hydatidiform mole. At open thoracotomy the modules were found to contain molar tissue. Therapy with twice-weekly methotrexate induced complete clinical and biologic remission of the disease in all three patients.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Canadian Medical Association journal 1976-05, Vol.114 (9), p.813-814
Hauptverfasser:	Band, P. R, Masse, S. R, Reid, D. W, Dossetor, J. B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Chorionic Gonadotropin - urine Female Humans Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive - drug therapy Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive - pathology Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive - urine Lung - pathology Lung Neoplasms - drug therapy Lung Neoplasms - pathology Methotrexate - therapeutic use Myometrium - pathology Neoplasm Metastasis - pathology Pregnancy Uterine Neoplasms - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:	Pulmonary lesions developed in three patients with an invasive hydatidiform mole. At open thoracotomy the modules were found to contain molar tissue. Therapy with twice-weekly methotrexate induced complete clinical and biologic remission of the disease in all three patients.
ISSN:	0008-4409