Gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to metastatic choriocarcinoma with gastric and colonic involvement Hemorragia digestiva secundaria a coriocarcinoma con metástasis gástricas y colónicas
Metastatic choriocarcinoma is a rare nonseminomatous germ-cell tumor with a characteristic hemorrhagic tendency due to its trophoblastic origin. Gastrointestinal tube involvement is present in less than 5% of cases, and location or therapy of these lesions can be achieved by endoscopy, angiography o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Aran Ediciones
2004-01-01
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Series: | Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas |
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Online Access: | http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082004000100010 |