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Sonographic appearance of an advanced invasive mole and associated metastatic thrombus in the inferior vena cava
Author(s) -
Okumura Maria,
Fushida Koji,
Pulcineli Vieira Francisco Rossana,
Schultz Regina,
Zugaib Marcelo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.21875
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , thrombus , mole , radiology , ultrasound , thrombosis , myometrium , vena cava , uterus
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. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2013.