Placental metastasis from maternal carcinoma of the lung.
A case of large cell undifferentiated carcinoma of the lung metastatic to the placenta and a review of the literature are presented. This is the 44th documented case of placental and/or fetal metastasis from maternal cancer in the past 113 years. Fifty percent of these cases are either malignant melanomas or hematopoietic malignancies. Evidence indicates that these 2 malignancies are more likely to metastasize to the products of conception than are other malignancies.
D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010922:Placenta Diseases; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications