Unusual presentation of choriocarcinoma

BACKGROUND: Choriocarcinoma is an aggressive neoplasm arising in the body of the uterus. The disease normally spreads to lung and brain. CASE REPORT: A case of malignant trophoblastic disease with brain metastasis, raised intra cranial pressure and small bowel metastasis presenting with acute abdome...

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Autores principales: Balagopal, PG, Pandey, Manoj, Chandramohan, K, Somanathan, Thara, Kumar, Ashwin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12773221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-1-4
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author Balagopal, PG
Pandey, Manoj
Chandramohan, K
Somanathan, Thara
Kumar, Ashwin
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Pandey, Manoj
Chandramohan, K
Somanathan, Thara
Kumar, Ashwin
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description BACKGROUND: Choriocarcinoma is an aggressive neoplasm arising in the body of the uterus. The disease normally spreads to lung and brain. CASE REPORT: A case of malignant trophoblastic disease with brain metastasis, raised intra cranial pressure and small bowel metastasis presenting with acute abdomen is reported. CONCLUSIONS: Malignant transformation in a hydatidiform mole is rare event. Involvement of gastrointestinal tract is rarer even in presence of disseminated disease. Surgery is the treatment of choice for gastrointestinal complications.
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spelling pubmed-1566242003-06-05 Unusual presentation of choriocarcinoma Balagopal, PG Pandey, Manoj Chandramohan, K Somanathan, Thara Kumar, Ashwin World J Surg Oncol Case Report BACKGROUND: Choriocarcinoma is an aggressive neoplasm arising in the body of the uterus. The disease normally spreads to lung and brain. CASE REPORT: A case of malignant trophoblastic disease with brain metastasis, raised intra cranial pressure and small bowel metastasis presenting with acute abdomen is reported. CONCLUSIONS: Malignant transformation in a hydatidiform mole is rare event. Involvement of gastrointestinal tract is rarer even in presence of disseminated disease. Surgery is the treatment of choice for gastrointestinal complications. BioMed Central 2003-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC156624/ /pubmed/12773221 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-1-4 Text en Copyright © 2003 Balagopal et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.
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Balagopal, PG
Pandey, Manoj
Chandramohan, K
Somanathan, Thara
Kumar, Ashwin
Unusual presentation of choriocarcinoma
title Unusual presentation of choriocarcinoma
title_full Unusual presentation of choriocarcinoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12773221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-1-4
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