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CELLULAR REACTION TO GESTATIONAL CHORIOCARCINOMA AND INVASIVE MOLE
Author(s) -
Mogensen Bent,
Olsen Steen
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1973.tb00491.x
Subject(s) - choriocarcinoma , mole , gestation , medicine , gestational age , gastroenterology , pathology , gynecology , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Cellular reaction to primary and metastatic gestational choriocarcinoma (CHC) was observed in histological sections from all but one of the 23 patients included in this series. The reaction was slight in 8, moderate in 5, and marked in 9. The infiltrates consisted of lymphocytes and plasma cells. A statistically significant correlation (p < 0.05) was demonstrated between the intensity of the reaction and the recovery of the patients. In 8 cases of primary invasive mole (IM), a similar reaction was observed. All these patients recovered. None of the 31 patients had had any treatment before the removal of the histological specimens examined in this study.