Complementary Role of Ultrasound in Management of Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

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10.5812/iranjradiol.13955
چکیده

Background: Transvaginal Ultrasonography is a noninvasive and inexpensive medical imaging tool used for the diagnosis of various diseases. Objectives: To identify an effective method to identify high-risk patients for developing malignancy after molar evacuation. Results: Ovarian theca lutein cysts (P = 0.018) (among pre-evacuation factors) and first week ultrasound (P = 0.02) can help in detecting high-risk patients. Even though, when β-hCG titer is not available in a high-risk patient, post evacuation myometrial involvement (P = 0.005) is a useful sign for detecting persistency. Conclusions: Some ultrasonographic features of molar pregnancy have capability to predict malignancy in the course of disease.