title: Choriocarcinoma co-existent with an intact pregnancy: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A patient presenting with antepartum haemorrhage due to a vaginal metastasis of choriocarcinoma is reported. Following delivery she was successfully treated with chemotherapy and surgery. This report details this unusual presentation and reviews the literature on this rare condition.
authors.affiliation: Trophoblastic Disease Referral Unit, Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Steigrad
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Osborn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human