A perplexing case of gastrointestinal haemorrhage.
Choriocarcinoma is a gestational trophoblastic tumour with a high metastatic potential but presentation with gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to jejunal mucosal metastasis is very rare. A 25-year-old Nepali woman presented with severe anaemia and massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage after normal pregnancy following evacuation of a hydatiform mole. During laparotomy, the patient was found to have extensive jejunal mucosal metastases.
Prabhu
M M
MM
Department of Medicine, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal. mmukhyaprana@yahoo.com
Baxi
J
J
Malhothra
A
A
Setty
M
M
Sharma
P
P
D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D002820:Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D011247:Pregnancy