title: Choriocarcinoma developed in a tubal pregnancy - a case report.
abstract: Carcinoma of the Fallopian tube is the least frequent tumor of the female genital tract. The diagnosis is difficult but could be made more frequently if the causes of abnormal bleeding were thoroughly investigated by means of cytology and endometrial curettage. Treatment is by resection of the tumor, total hysterectomy, and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by chemotherapy. A 25-year-old patient, presented herself at the emergency room, accusing intense lower abdominal pains, accompanied by vaginal bleeding. The histological aspect corroborated with the Ki-67 index is strongly suggestive for a choriocarcinoma developed in a tubal ectopic pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania; ebernad@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Izabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Petre
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernad
authors.forename: Anca
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mureşan
authors.forename: Anca
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bordianu
authors.forename: Sandor I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Bernad
authors.forename: Onuţ
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Băcean
authors.forename: Roxana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Folescu
authors.forename: Amelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milulescu
authors.forename: Stelian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pantea
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000473:pathology