title: [Primary choriocarcinoma of the cervix].
abstract: We report a case of primary choriocarcinoma of the cervix in which the patient died 9 months later. The treatment consisted to administer 5 cycles of chemotherapy pre-operatively and a colpohysterectomy. The pathogeny is a cervical migration of trophoblastics cells after a normal or molar pregnancy which degenerate to choriocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine de l'Université Saint-Joseph, Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beyrouth, Liban.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abboud
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Attieh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Afif
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chalhoub
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006828:Hydatidiform Mole / Q000150:complications*; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D010446:Peptide Fragments