Primary colon adenocarcinoma with choriocarcinoma differentiation: a case report and review of the literature

Abstract Background Choriocarcinoma is an aggressive malignancy of trophoblastic tissue, typically of gestational etiology. Sporadic, nongestational cases are rarely found outside of the gonads. There are only 31 cases of primary choriocarcinoma of the colon reported in the literature. As a conseque...

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Main Authors: Jessica Boyce, Karine Tawagi, John T. Cole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-020-02544-0

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