title: Choriocarcinoma metastatic to the maxillary gingiva.
abstract: A rare metastatic lesion from a gestational trophoblastic neoplasm is presented in a 26-year-old woman. The first symptom and sign was mild pain and a mass in the gingiva. The diagnosis was established by gingival biopsy. The patient was treated with 6 courses of methotrexate, actinomycin D and cyclophosphamide (MAC) and has no evidence of disease 2 years after completion of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medicine School of Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altintas
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vardar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aridoğan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Doran
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tuncer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla; D011247:Pregnancy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*