[Diagnostic and therapeutic problems in malignant chorionepithelioma (author's transl)].
2 cases of malignant chorionepithelioma are reported on account of their interesting symptomatology and the procedure by which a correct diagnosis was made. Chemotherapy must now be considered superior to surgical treatment and the most important chemotherapeutic drug is methotrexate. The therapeutic efficacy of this preparation is offset by severe side effects, which may even have a lethal outcome.
D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D006828:Hydatidiform Mole / Q000150:complications; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011247:Pregnancy
D008727:Methotrexate