Role of hysterectomy in chemoresistant gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
- Author:
Ying Ying Sum
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Author Information
- Collective Name:Ying Ying Sum, MBBCH BAO1; Wee Wee Sim, MRCOG2; Kong Leong Yu, MD1; Melee Tan, MBBS3; Pei Jye Voon, MRCP
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- From: The Medical Journal of Malaysia 2018;73(5):332-333
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
- Abstract: Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) is a disease which results from abnormal proliferation of trophoblastic tissue. It is a rare and aggressive gynaecologic cancer that affects women of child-bearing age. It may follow a hydatidiform mole or a nonmolar pregnancy with persistent elevation of quantitative marker beta human chorionic gonadotrophin (Beta HCG). With appropriate management and effective chemotherapy, an overall remission rate greater than 90% can be achieved even in the presence of metastatic disease.1 This case study highlights a 21-year-old patient who had chemoresistant GTN with pulmonary metastasis who achieved complete remission after salvage laparoscopic hysterectomy and consolidative chemotherapy.
- Full text:6.2018my1338.pdf
