title: Primary pure choriocarcinoma of the ovary in reproductive ages: a case report.
abstract: Choriocarcinoma is an aggressive tumor with cyto- and syncytiotrophoblastic cells. It arises gestationally or nongestationally. Nongestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary can be pure or mixed with other germ cell tumors. Pure type is less frequent than mixed type and the diagnosis of nongestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary is very difficult in the reproductive period. A case of a 20-year-old woman with pure choriocarcinoma of the ovary is presented with a review of the literature and discussion of its origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Medical Faculty, Akdeniz University, Turkey.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Simşek
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tunç
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karaveli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sönmez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery