Chemotherapy-resistant gestational trophoblastic neoplasia treated successfully with cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin

Obstet Gynecol. 1988 Mar;71(3 Pt 2):438-40.

Abstract

This report describes a 53-year-old white woman with metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia that recurred after evacuation of an accidental pregnancy and did not respond sufficiently to treatment with a combination of methotrexate, actinomycin D, and chlorambucil. After second-line treatment with a combination of cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin, there was a complete remission. Afterward, the patient suffered from a moderate bleomycin pneumonitis, which resolved spontaneously. She is now free of disease and feeling well 60 months after her last treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Bleomycin / administration & dosage
  • Bleomycin / adverse effects
  • Chlorambucil / administration & dosage
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Dactinomycin / administration & dosage
  • Etoposide / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Methotrexate / administration & dosage
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia / chemically induced
  • Pregnancy
  • Trophoblastic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Bleomycin
  • Chlorambucil
  • Dactinomycin
  • Etoposide
  • Cisplatin
  • Methotrexate