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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Main Authors: J. Molina Infante, I. Beceiro Pedreño, C. Ripoll Noiseux, I. Marín Jiménez, C. González Asanza, P. Menchén Fernández-Pacheco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2004-01-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082004000100010