Radiographically occult pulmonary metastases from gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
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Radiographically occult pulmonary metastases from gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) is a spectrum of diseases including partial and complete hydatidiform moles, placental site trophoblastic tumor, and choriocarcinoma. One of the most important considerations is recognition of the possibility of GTN after molar pregnancy or even normal pregnancy. It is common practice to use chest x-ray for the detection of pulmonary metastasis. Compute...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiology Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1930-0433
DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2017.01.007