Chemo-resistant choriocarcinoma metastatic to colon cured by low-anterior resection
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Chemo-resistant choriocarcinoma metastatic to colon cured by low-anterior resection
The role of surgery in the treatment of patients with metastatic choriocarcinoma has diminished. We present a case of chemo-resistant metastatic choriocarcinoma salvaged by surgery. A 48-year-old patient presented with uterine perforation and severe intractable hemorrhage, and histological examination revealed a choriocarcinoma. After 6 years of disease-free state, recurrence occurred in the re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2005-0380
DOI: 10.3802/jgo.2011.22.3.203