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Case Studies | Pathology | India | Volume 5 Issue 6, June 2016
Unusual Presentation of Choriocarcinoma Six Months after Term Delivery: A Case Report
Prerna Dhabarde | Archana Joshi | Sadhana Mahore
Abstract: Choriocarcinoma coexisting with or after an otherwise normal pregnancy is extremely rare. Choriocarcinoma invades and metastasise early and is often widespread at the time of diagnosis. A 25 year old female complaining of bleeding p/v since 1 month with spontaneous expulsion of a mass per vaginum, after post partal amenorrhoea of 5 months. A history of contact was present. In this case, the diagnosis was established by histopathological examination of expelled tissue mass. Adequate tissue samples are necessary for histopathological diagnosis and early diagnosis of gestational choriocarcinoma can be done by routine histopathological examination of the placenta after birth.
Keywords: GTD gestational trophoblastic disease, -hCG -human chorionic gonadotropin, GCO gestational choriocarcinoma, NGCO non gestational choriocarcinoma
Edition: Volume 5 Issue 6, June 2016,
Pages: 1097 - 1098
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Masters Thesis, Pathology, India, Volume 11 Issue 9, September 2022
Pages: 435 - 442Study of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency in Neonates with Jaundice
Dr. Priyanka Tiwari [2] | Dr. Rajeev Sharma [2] | Dr. Anshika Yadav | Dr. Rateesh Sareen | Dr. G N Gupta
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Research Paper, Pathology, India, Volume 6 Issue 5, May 2017
Pages: 230 - 235Clinicopathological Study of Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases
Archana Devi Sankaran | A. L. Shanthi