title: Primary cervical choriocarcinoma.
abstract: A case of primary cervical choriocarcinoma in a 40-year-old Indian woman is reported. Though malignant transformation of a cervical pregnancy is a possibility, we believe that a D & C performed three years ago could also be the source of trophoblasts implantation in the cervix followed by subsequent malignant transformation. Primary cervical choriocarcinoma should be considered a differential diagnosis in a woman of child-bearing age presenting with postcoital bleeding and having a negative cervical cytology. A timely beta hCG assay may confirm the diagnosis and prompt early treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: al Hassani
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Ejeckam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003075:Coitus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D011247:Pregnancy; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology