Phantom metastases in trophoblastic disease

Trophoblastic disease occasionally presents with apparent metastases that t urn out to be lesions not associated with the trophoblastic tumor. In this article, we present one case of a cerebellar hemangioma, two of lung and me diastinal teratoma, and one of pulmonary granuloma masquerading as metastas es from trophoblastic disease. If an apparent metastasis associated with tr ophoblastic tumor does not accord with the clinical diagnosis, look for an independent cause.