Persistent gestational trophoblastic disease presenting as left hemiparesis in a Jamaican teenager
West Indian med. j
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51(2): 116-118, Jun. 2002.
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en Inglés
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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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LILACS (Américas)
Asunto principal:
Paresia
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Complicaciones Neoplásicas del Embarazo
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Neoplasias Uterinas
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Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Neoplasias Trofoblásticas
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
Límite:
Adulto
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Embarazo
País/Región como asunto:
Caribe Inglés
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Jamaica
Institución/País de afiliación:
Mandeville Public Hospital/JM
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