Complete remission of nonmetastatic persistent gestational trophoblastic tumour by Methotrexate and Actinomycin D:A case report
Locally invasive non-metastatic persistent gestational trophoblastic tumours (PGTT) usually falls in low risk group in WHO scoring system based on prognostic factors. We report a case of non-metastatic PGTT which followed a molar pregnancy.Complete remission of the tumour was achieved by 3 cycles of single agent chemotherapy (Methotrexate with leukovorin rescue) and 5 cycles of single agent ( Actinomycin D).
Authors
- Bijal Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4328-6021)
- Ganesh Dangal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-5525)
- Aruna Karki
- Ranjana Shrestha
- Kabin Bhattachan
Institutions
- Women's Hospital (US)
- Maternity and Children's Hospital (SA)
- National Academy of Medical Sciences (NP)
- Sobhraj Maternity Hospital (PK)
- Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences
- Published
- 2025-06-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.61814/jkahs.v8i1.969
- Primary Topic
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00