Antsaklis, Aris

Belitsos, Panayiotis

Chatzinikolaou, Ioannis

Dimopoulos, Athanassios-Meletios

Papadimitriou, Christos A

Rodolakis, Alexandros

Thomakos, Nikolaos

Zagouri, Flora

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

English

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Nikolaos Thomakos

Alexandros Rodolakis

Panayiotis Belitsos

Flora Zagouri

Ioannis Chatzinikolaou

Athanassios-Meletios Dimopoulos

Christos A Papadimitriou

Aris Antsaklis

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Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia with retroperitoneal metastases: A fatal complication

Abstract
          
            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 many prognostic factors that determine the stage of the disease.
          
          
            Case Report
            We present a woman with GTN and retroperitoneal metastatic disease who came to our department and was diagnosed as having high risk metastatic GTN. Accordingly she received chemotherapy as primary treatment but unfortunately developed massive bleeding after the first course of chemotherapy, was operated in an attempt to control bleeding but finally succumbed.
          
          
            Conclusion
            This case demonstrates that GTN, while usually curable, can be a deadly disease requiring improved diagnostic, treatment modalities and chemotherapeutic agents. The gynaecologist should be aware of all possible metastatic sites of GTN and the patient immediately referred to a specialist center for further assessment and treatment.
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Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia with retroperitoneal metastases: A fatal complication

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