[Primary choriocarcinoma of the cervix].
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.
Abboud
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J
Faculté de Médecine de l'Université Saint-Joseph, Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beyrouth, Liban.
Attieh
E
E
Afif
N
N
Chalhoub
S
S
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
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D010446:Peptide Fragments