title: Spontaneous acute subdural haemorrhage, cerebral and pulmonary metastases in a complete mole.
abstract: Complete and partial moles remit spontaneously in most cases, following evacuation of the uterine cavity. However, either persistent trophoblastic disease or a frank trophoblastic tumour can follow a complete hydatidiform mole. To our knowledge, acute subdural haematoma, as a complication of cerebral metastases, following treatment for hydatidiform mole has not been reported. We describe a 29-year-old woman who presented with spontaneous acute subdural haemorrhage and pulmonary metastases, eight months after evacuation of a complete hydatidiform mole, with a fatal outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha 442005, Maharashtra, India. dramitagrawal@gmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yadav
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000097:blood*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006828:Hydatidiform Mole / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011859:Radiography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human