Choriocarcinoma with brain, lung and vaginal metastases successfully treated without brain radiation or intrathecal chemotherapy: A case report

• There is no consensus on optimal treatment for GTN and brain metastases. • Brain metastasis treated with craniotomy and intravenous, EMA-CO chemotherapy; • Intravenous high-dose methotrexate may be adequate to treat brain metastases.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Frost, Anja S., Sherman, Jonathan H., Rezaei, Katayoon, Aron, Alivia, Lopez-Acevedo, Micael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5376261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28393093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.03.014
Descripción
Sumario:• There is no consensus on optimal treatment for GTN and brain metastases. • Brain metastasis treated with craniotomy and intravenous, EMA-CO chemotherapy; • Intravenous high-dose methotrexate may be adequate to treat brain metastases.

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