Unusual presentation of choriocarcinoma. A case report.
We report the management of a case of malignant trophoblastic disease which presented initially as a haematemesis and melaena from a gastric metastasis. The patient had had a tubal sterilization 4 years previously. The management of trophoblastic disease in general is also discussed, and the importance of chemotherapy is stressed.
D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011247:Pregnancy; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*