Endometrial carcinoma with choriocarcinomatous differentiation: a case report and review of the literature.
BACKGROUND
Choriocarcinomas unrelated to pregnancy, teratomas, or germ cell tumors have been found in the stomach, lungs, colon, esophagus, bladder, breast, renal pelvis and other sites.


METHODS
We present a case of a 58-year-old woman with endometrial carcinoma with choriocarcinomatous differentiation. She received surgery and chemotherapy for endometrial adenocarcinoma. However, a metastatic tumor of choriocarcinomatous element appeared at the vaginal cuff 9 months after surgery. Additional chemotherapy for choriocarcinoma resulted in a decrease in the serum hCG and the tumor regressed. Fifty months following surgery, she is alive without disease.


CONCLUSIONS
Treatment and follow-up must be performed not only for the adenocarcinoma element but also for the choriocarcinoma element in patients presenting with endometrial carcinoma with choriocarcinomatous differentiation.
Yamada
Takashi
T
Department of Pathology, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan. yamatakashi@mub.biglobe.ne.jp
Mori
Hiroshi
H
Kanemura
Masanori
M
Ohmichi
Masahide
M
Shibayama
Yuro
Y
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged