Placental metastasis from maternal carcinoma of the lung

Read, E.J.; Platzer, P.B.

Obstetrics and Gynecology 58(3): 387-391

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0029-7844
PMID: 7266958
Document Number: 181509
A case of large cell undifferentiated carcinoma of the lung metastatic to the placenta and a review of the literature are presented. This is the 44th documented case of placental and/or fetal metastasis from maternal cancer in the past 113 years. Fifty percent of these cases are either malignant melanomas or hematopoietic malignancies. Evidence indicates that these 2 malignancies are more likely to metastasize to the products of conception than are other malignancies.

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