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    Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2006 Mar-Apr;16(2):937-40.

    Successful treatment of two patients with gestational trophoblastic neoplasm presenting with emergent neurologic symptoms.

    Ghaemmaghami F, Behtash N, Ayatollahi H, Hanjani P.

    Gynecology Oncology Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

    The objective of this study is to present the successful treatment of two young patients with gestational trophoblastic neoplasms (GTN) presenting with emergent neurologic symptoms without any gynecological problems. Case 1, a 22-year-old patient, was admitted to an infectious disease ward, with admitting diagnosis of encephalitis due to neurologic symptoms. Case 2, a 33-year-old patient, underwent craniotomy due to hemorrhagic brain tumor in the neurosurgery department. The diagnosis of GTN should be considered in any woman of reproductive age who has neurologic symptoms. It seems that multiagent chemotherapy in conjunction with whole-brain irradiation results in acceptable survival rate in brain metastatic GTN patients. Craniotomy is often necessary in fulminant cases.

    PMID: 16681792 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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