Persistent gestational trophoblastic disease presenting as left hemiparesis in a Jamaican teenager
West Indian med. j
; 51(2): 116-118, Jun. 2002.
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ABSTRACT
A 19-year-old woman, who delivered a macerated stillborn at 32 weeks' gestation and had persistent postpartum vaginal bleeding, presented with a left hemiparesis three and a half months after delivery. A clinical diagnosis of persistent gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) was made, based on quantitative serum beta-hCG of more than 200,000 IU/ml, cannon ball metastases on chest X-ray and two ring enhancing lesions, metastases, in the right parietal lobe on Computed Axial Tomography (CAT) scan of the brain. Despite combination chemotherapy, with methotrexate, cyclophosphamide and actinomycin D, her condition worsened and she died.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Paresia
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Complicações Neoplásicas na Gravidez
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Neoplasias Uterinas
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Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Neoplasias Trofoblásticas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article