Clinical Outcome of a FIGO Stage IV Gestational Choriocarcinoma
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 bleedi...
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| author | Vera Milenković Biljana Lazović Marija Mačvanski Katarina Jeremić Zlatko Hrgović |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c9126cd9a1c455e9f7c4959ad7bb9212022-12-21T23:49:22ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Oncology1662-65752013-09-016350450710.1159/000353626353626Clinical Outcome of a FIGO Stage IV Gestational ChoriocarcinomaVera MilenkovićBiljana LazovićMarija MačvanskiKatarina JeremićZlatko HrgovićChoriocarcinoma 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.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/353626Metastatic choriocarcinomaRelapseEMACO |
| spellingShingle | Vera Milenković Biljana Lazović Marija Mačvanski Katarina Jeremić Zlatko Hrgović Clinical Outcome of a FIGO Stage IV Gestational Choriocarcinoma Case Reports in Oncology Metastatic choriocarcinoma Relapse EMACO |
| title | Clinical Outcome of a FIGO Stage IV Gestational Choriocarcinoma |
| title_full | Clinical Outcome of a FIGO Stage IV Gestational Choriocarcinoma |
| title_fullStr | Clinical Outcome of a FIGO Stage IV Gestational Choriocarcinoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical Outcome of a FIGO Stage IV Gestational Choriocarcinoma |
| title_short | Clinical Outcome of a FIGO Stage IV Gestational Choriocarcinoma |
| title_sort | clinical outcome of a figo stage iv gestational choriocarcinoma |
| topic | Metastatic choriocarcinoma Relapse EMACO |
| url | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/353626 |
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