Maternal malignancy metastatic to the products of conception: a review.
Documented reports of maternal malignancy metastatic to the placenta and fetus are rare. From 1866 until the present there have been 52 cases reported in the Western literature. We report a case of maternal large-cell carcinoma of the lung metastatic to the maternal brain and the placenta without fetal involvement.
Dildy
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
Moise
K J
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Carpenter
R J
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Klima
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D000328:Adult; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000503:physiopathology; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology