Pure nongestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary: a case report

Pure ovarian choriocarcinoma can be gestational or nongestational in origin. Nongestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary is extremely rare, and its diagnosis is very difficult during the reproductive years. We present a case of a 33-year-old woman diagnosed with pure nongestational ovarian choriocar...

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Autores principales: Choi, Youn Jin, Chun, Keun Young, Kim, Yong Wook, Ro, Duck Yeong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3565886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23320455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-11-7
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description Pure ovarian choriocarcinoma can be gestational or nongestational in origin. Nongestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary is extremely rare, and its diagnosis is very difficult during the reproductive years. We present a case of a 33-year-old woman diagnosed with pure nongestational ovarian choriocarcinoma. Following surgery, multiple courses of a chemotherapy regimen of etoposide, methotrexate, and actinomycin-D (EMA) were effective.
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spelling pubmed-35658862013-02-11 Pure nongestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary: a case report Choi, Youn Jin Chun, Keun Young Kim, Yong Wook Ro, Duck Yeong World J Surg Oncol Case Report Pure ovarian choriocarcinoma can be gestational or nongestational in origin. Nongestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary is extremely rare, and its diagnosis is very difficult during the reproductive years. We present a case of a 33-year-old woman diagnosed with pure nongestational ovarian choriocarcinoma. Following surgery, multiple courses of a chemotherapy regimen of etoposide, methotrexate, and actinomycin-D (EMA) were effective. BioMed Central 2013-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3565886/ /pubmed/23320455 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-11-7 Text en Copyright ©2013 Choi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3565886/
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