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An unusual case of choriocarcinoma following live term pregnancy
Author(s) -
Sood Madhoolika,
Sangwaan Krishna,
Sherwaal Vinita,
Marwah Sanjay,
Sen Rajeev
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.2000.tb03179.x
Subject(s) - choriocarcinoma , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , pregnancy , term pregnancy , obstetrics , case presentation , rare disease , live birth , gynecology , metastasis , disease , surgery , pathology , gestation , cancer , biology , genetics
SUMMARY Post‐term choriocarcinoma is an infrequent event with poor prognosis. The diagnosis is usually delayed due to failure to recognise the mode of presentation of this disease. Being a rare occurrence. limited data is available regarding its clinical features. The choriocarcinoma in our patient presented as an isolated huge pedunculated growth over the uterine serosa without intrauterine involvement and distant metastasis.