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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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Autores principales: Yousefi, Zohreh, Mottaghi, Mansorhe, Rezaei, Alireza, Ghasemian, Sedighe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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
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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.