Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia with retroperitoneal metastases: A fatal complication
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Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia with retroperitoneal metastases: A fatal complication
BACKGROUND Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia (GTN) is a pathologic entity that can affect any pregnancy and develop long after the termination of the pregnancy. Its course can be complicated by metastases to distant sites such as the lung, brain, liver, kidney and vagina. The therapeutic approach of this condition includes both surgical intervention and chemotherapy. The prognosis depends on ...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-8-114