Early gestational choriocarcinoma. A case report.
A focus of choriocarcinoma lying in the intervillous space was an unexpected finding in a 20-week placenta. The mother, after a short admission, died from choriocarcinomatous pulmonary emboli and acute cor pulmonale. A diagnosis of early choriocarcinoma associated with normal villi is therefore tenable.
D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*