Metastatic testicular choriocarcinoma of the skin: Report and review of the literature

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 633-636

  Shimizu, Satoko ^a   Nagata, Yoshihiro ^a   Han yaku, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Ogikubo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Metastatic carcinoma of the skin; Testicular tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

ADULT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0030466086     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199612000-00016     Document Type: Article

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