Clinical Outcome of a FIGO Stage IV Gestational Choriocarcinoma

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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Main Authors: Vera Milenković, Biljana Lazović, Marija Mačvanski, Katarina Jeremić, Zlatko Hrgović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-09-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
Metastatic choriocarcinoma
Relapse
EMACO
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/353626
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spelling doaj-7c9126cd9a1c455e9f7c4959ad7bb9212020-11-25T00:27:16ZengKarger 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
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author Vera Milenković
Biljana Lazović
Marija Mačvanski
Katarina Jeremić
Zlatko Hrgović
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
author_facet Vera Milenković
Biljana Lazović
Marija Mačvanski
Katarina Jeremić
Zlatko Hrgović
author_sort Vera Milenković
title Clinical Outcome of a FIGO Stage IV Gestational Choriocarcinoma
title_short 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_sort clinical outcome of a figo stage iv gestational choriocarcinoma
publisher Karger Publishers
series Case Reports in Oncology
issn 1662-6575
publishDate 2013-09-01
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.
topic Metastatic choriocarcinoma
Relapse
EMACO
url http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/353626
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