title: Gestational choriocarcinoma presenting as an extradural mass--a case report.
abstract: We report an unusual case of a 23 year old female who presented with symptoms of spinal cord compression by an extradural metastasis from a gestational choriocarcinoma. She gave the history of evacuation of a hydatidiform mole five months prior to presentation, following which she had been totally asymptomatic and had not attended any follow-up. She responded to conventional chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, M. S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Mysorekar
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Dandekar
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*