Vaginal metastases in gestational trophoblastic disease

Asia Oceania J Obstet Gynaecol. 1990 Jun;16(2):123-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1990.tb00013.x.

Abstract

From 1976 to 1988, 320 patients with gestational trophoblastic disease were treated in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Hong Kong. Eighteen patients had vaginal metastases. The clinical features and behaviour of the disease were analysed. The prognosis depends mainly on the extent of the disease. Similar favourable response to chemotherapy was observed in low-risk patients with vaginal metastases.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Choriocarcinoma / drug therapy
  • Choriocarcinoma / secondary
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pregnancy
  • Trophoblastic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Trophoblastic Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / secondary*

Substances

  • Chorionic Gonadotropin