title: Hydatidiform mole metastasizing to the lung.
abstract: Pulmonary lesions developed in three patients with an invasive hydatidiform mole. At open thoracotomy the modules were found to contain molar tissue. Therapy with twice-weekly methotrexate induced complete clinical and biologic remission of the disease in all three patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002820:Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000652:urine; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009215:Myometrium / Q000473:pathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D008727:Methotrexate