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Abnormal Presentation of Choriocarcinoma and Literature Review
INTRODUCTION: Gestational trophoblastic neoplasms have highly been malignant potential, which usually occurred in child-bearing age women. Unusual feature of this malignancy would be rare, it was important to take in mind the possibility of GTN in different manifestation. Based on the above mentione...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4951767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27482332 http://dx.doi.org/10.17795/ijcp-4389 |
Sumario: | INTRODUCTION: Gestational trophoblastic neoplasms have highly been malignant potential, which usually occurred in child-bearing age women. Unusual feature of this malignancy would be rare, it was important to take in mind the possibility of GTN in different manifestation. Based on the above mentioned, the aim of this presentation would be the management and outcome of a case series of choriocarcinoma patients with abnormal manifestation. CASE PRESENTATION: We have presented four patients, first who initially manifestation with signs of septic shock, the second case with severe gastrointestinal hemorrhage, the third case with postpartum infection and the forth case was a postmenopausal bleeding patient. CONCLUSIONS: In case of metastatic choriocarcinoma with precise history, accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment have led us to curable results. |
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