Primary pure choriocarcinoma of the ovary in reproductive ages: a case report

Simsek T., Trak B., Tunc M., Karaveli S., Uner M., Sonmez C.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY, vol.19, no.3, pp.284-286, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 19 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 1998
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.284-286
  • Keywords: choriocarcinoma, nongestational choriocarcinoma, ovarian choriocarcinoma, NONGESTATIONAL CHORIOCARCINOMA
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Choriocarcinoma is an aggressive tumor with cyto-and syncytiotrophoblastic cells. It arises gestationally or nongestationally. Nongestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary can be pure or mixed with other germ cell tumors. Pure type is less frequent than mixed type and the diagnosis of nongestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary is very difficult in the reproductive period. A case of a 20-year-old woman with pure choriocarcinoma of the ovary is presented with a review of the literature and discussion of its origin.