Primary gestational choriocarcinoma of the uterine cervix. Report of a case and review of the literature

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 921-925

  Kairi Vassilatou, E ^a   Papakonstantinou, K ^a   Grapsa, D ^a   Kondi Paphiti, A ^a   Hasiakos, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Gestational choriocarcinoma; Primary cervical choriocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS CAVITY;

ADULT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447297050     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00852.x     Document Type: Article

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