Open AccessPrimary nongestational choriocarcinoma of submental region
Author(s) -
Sugano Isamu,
Nagao Koichi,
Kondo Yoichiro,
Hatakeyama Yoji,
Numata Tsutomu,
Kohno Hisashi
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1984.tb07620.x
Subject(s) - choriocarcinoma , immunoperoxidase , medicine , pathology , neoplasm , antibody , immunology , monoclonal antibody
A case of a 47−year‐old man with choriocarcinoma is reported. This case is quite unique in that the primary tumor presented in the submental region. Multiple remote metastases developed within a few weeks after the tumor extirpation, resulting in a fatal outcome. The neoplasm revealed the features of pure choriocarcinoma. By the immuno‐peroxydase method, it was demonstrated that both cyto‐ and syncytiotrophoblasts produced HCG. Acta pathol. jpn. 34: 895∼900, 1984.