title: Clinical Outcome of a FIGO Stage IV Gestational Choriocarcinoma.
abstract: Choriocarcinoma is the most malignant tumor of gestational trophoblastic disease arising from any gestation. It has a tendency toward relapse as well as metastasis. Here, a case of relapsed high-risk choriocarcinoma (FIGO stage IV, WHO score 12) in a 37-year-old female presenting with vaginal bleedings is described. Relapse developed at the site of the surgical scar from hysterectomy that had been performed 2 years earlier. Although the patient was treated with aggressive chemotherapy, she was in a bad general condition and died from infection and liver insufficiency.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Serbia, Medical School, University of Belgrade, Germany.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Milenković
authors.forename: Biljana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lazović
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mačvanski
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jeremić
authors.forename: Zlatko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hrgović
keywords: EMACO; Metastatic choriocarcinoma; Relapse