Postmenopausal Choriocarcinoma: Case Report and Literature Review
| Author | Zohreh Yousefi | en |
| Author | Shohreh Saied | en |
| Author | Behrouz Davachi | en |
| Author | Alireza Rezaei | en |
| Author | Fatemeh Mirzamarjani | en |
| Issued Date | 2017-05-31 | en |
| Abstract | Introduction: Choriocarcinoma is a gestational trophoblastic tumor that mainly affects women of childbearing age and rarely occurs in postmenopausal women especially following a long latent period from previous pregnancies. In this case report, we introduce three cases of postmenopausal choriocarcinoma with different clinical signs and symptoms. Case Report: The first patient was admitted with vaginal wall metastasis, and the second and third cases with postmenopausal vaginal bleeding. They were referred to the department of gynecology-oncology at Ghaem hospital in 2015. One case had stage I and two patients stage III of the disease. Treatment was initiated with EMA-CO regimen according to the histopathology of choriocarcinoma in these patients. Complete remission was achieved with chemotherapy for all three cases. Concusions: The possibility of choriocarcinoma should be considered as a differential diagnosis in postmenopausal vaginal bleeding and in postmenopausal women with metestatic lesions. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/ijcm.4400 | en |
| URI | https://brieflands.com/journals/ijcm/articles/4400 | en |
| Keyword | Uterine choriocarcinoma | en |
| Keyword | Postmenopausal Vaginal Bleeding | en |
| Keyword | β-hCG | en |
| Keyword | Gestational Trophoblastic Disease | en |
| Keyword | Metestatic Choriocarcinoma | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Postmenopausal Choriocarcinoma: Case Report and Literature Review | en |
| Type | Case Report | en |