Choriocarcinoma - a rare association with squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus.

نویسندگان

  • Shivanand Patil
  • K A Ramakrishna
  • Srinivas G R S Rao
  • Ajit Kumar
  • C Sundaram
  • Anand C Loya
چکیده

Extragenital choriocarcinoma involving the gastrointestinal tract is rare. We report a 60-year-old woman with squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus with a choriocarcinomatous focus. She was palliated with chemotherapy and an endoprosthesis.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology

دوره 25 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006