Metastatic Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms and No Gynecological Symptoms: Report of Five Cases
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Early recognition of Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasm (GTN) will maximize the chances of cure with chemotherapy but some patients present with many different symptoms months or even years after the causative pregnancy making diagnosis difficult. Clinicians should be aware of the possibility of GTN in any reproductive age woman with bizarre central nervous system, gastrointestinal, pulmonary symptoms or radiographic evidence of metastatic tumor of unknown primary origin. We reported five cases of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasms with bizarre pulmonary symptoms, acute abdomen, neurologic symptoms presenting without gynecological symptoms. © 2008 Tehran University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved. Acta Medica Iranica, 46(1): 77-80; 2008
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