Sonographic appearance of an advanced invasive mole and associated metastatic thrombus in the inferior vena cava

Maria Okumura; Koji Fushida; Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco; Regina Schultz; Marcelo Zugaib

doi:10.1002/jcu.21875

Sonographic appearance of an advanced invasive mole and associated metastatic thrombus in the inferior vena cava

J Clin Ultrasound. 2013 Feb;41(2):113-5. doi: 10.1002/jcu.21875. Epub 2012 Jan 12.

Authors

Maria Okumura¹, Koji Fushida, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco, Regina Schultz, Marcelo Zugaib

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 22238139
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.21875

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive / diagnostic imaging*
Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive / secondary
Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / diagnostic imaging*
Ultrasonography
Vena Cava, Inferior*
Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
Venous Thrombosis / etiology