Pelvic Angiography in the Diagnosis of Malignant Trophoblastic Disease

Abstract

THERE is a high incidence of trophoblastic disease in Nigeria. Seventy-two patients with hydatidiform mole and 92 with malignant trophoblastic disease have been seen in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of U.C.H. Ibadan in the last seven years. As a result of this experience we believe that the traditional means of diagnosis of malignant trophoblastic disease possess many disadvantages. The established methods are based on histologic examination of tissue obtained from the uterus or from metastases and the presence of an increased excretion of human chorionic gonadotropin in the serum or urine.We wish to point out the . . .