[Bone metastasis for choriocarcinoma].
Metastasis to bone in the pelvis occurred in a woman with a choriocarcinoma. The diagnosis was made on the basis of high levels of HCG and a bone biopsy. The presence of bone metastases in a young woman requires vigorous systemic search for a primary lesion.
Baklouti
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Service de Rhumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hédi Chaker, Sfax, Tunisie.
Elleuch
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MH
Kammoun
M H
MH
Sellami
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S
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010384:Pelvic Bones; D011247:Pregnancy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin