Phantom metastases in trophoblastic disease.
Trophoblastic disease occasionally presents with apparent metastases that turn out to be lesions not associated with the trophoblastic tumor. In this article, we present one case of a cerebellar hemangioma, two of lung and mediastinal teratoma, and one of pulmonary granuloma masquerading as metastases from trophoblastic disease. If an apparent metastasis associated with trophoblastic tumor does not accord with the clinical diagnosis, look for an independent cause.
Kohorn
E. I.
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Trophoblast Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.