title: Sonographic appearance of an advanced invasive mole and associated metastatic thrombus in the inferior vena cava.
abstract: We present a case of an advanced invasive mole with a metastatic thrombus in the inferior vena cava in which sonography clearly showed vesicles in the myometrium, ovaries, and metastatic thrombus leading to a diagnosis of invasive mole rather than choriocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fushida
authors.forename: Rossana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pulcineli Vieira Francisco
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zugaib
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002820:Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology