title: Coexisting intraductal breast carcinoma and metastatic choriocarcinoma presenting as a breast mass.
abstract: Identifying choriocarcinoma in breast tissue is a rare phenomenon. This report describes an unusual case of metastatic choriocarcinoma presenting as a breast mass and coexisting with an intraductal breast carcinoma. This is the first documented case of a choriocarcinoma metastatic to the breast that has responded to chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233-7333.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Gleason
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gore
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Partridge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000473:pathology*; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*