-transparent.png){kind=logo}
Choriocarcinoma occurring in a placenta and metastasizing to the fetus is quite rare. We describe here a case of such infantile choriocarcinoma, initially appeared as refractory anemia and rapidly metastasized to the liver, lungs, and brain. The placenta looked normal and was not submitted to histological examinations. Neither noninvasive nor invasive diagnostic methods (ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance image, scintigraphy, and hepatic arteriography) gave any diagnostic information on the tumor. Liver biopsy was considered too risky due to a possible bleeding. Correct diagnosis was established only after the postmortem examination. Two months after the infant's death, we were informed that the mother was found having hepatic and pulmonary tumors. The importance of the maternal history and measurement of urinary human chorionic gonadotropin is emphasized for a rapid and correct diagnosis of infantile choriocarcinoma.
S Kishkurno, and
A Ishida, and
Y Takahashi, and
H Arai, and
W Nakajima, and
T Abe, and
G Takada
October 1971,
Journal of neurosurgery,
S Kishkurno, and
A Ishida, and
Y Takahashi, and
H Arai, and
W Nakajima, and
T Abe, and
G Takada
October 1990,
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine,
S Kishkurno, and
A Ishida, and
Y Takahashi, and
H Arai, and
W Nakajima, and
T Abe, and
G Takada
January 1993,
Pediatric pathology,
S Kishkurno, and
A Ishida, and
Y Takahashi, and
H Arai, and
W Nakajima, and
T Abe, and
G Takada
April 1977,
The New England journal of medicine,
S Kishkurno, and
A Ishida, and
Y Takahashi, and
H Arai, and
W Nakajima, and
T Abe, and
G Takada
April 2001,
Medical and pediatric oncology,
S Kishkurno, and
A Ishida, and
Y Takahashi, and
H Arai, and
W Nakajima, and
T Abe, and
G Takada
November 2017,
Farmacia hospitalaria : organo oficial de expresion cientifica de la Sociedad Espanola de Farmacia Hospitalaria,
S Kishkurno, and
A Ishida, and
Y Takahashi, and
H Arai, and
W Nakajima, and
T Abe, and
G Takada
January 1985,
Journal de gynecologie, obstetrique et biologie de la reproduction,
S Kishkurno, and
A Ishida, and
Y Takahashi, and
H Arai, and
W Nakajima, and
T Abe, and
G Takada
January 2010,
Revista brasileira de enfermagem,
S Kishkurno, and
A Ishida, and
Y Takahashi, and
H Arai, and
W Nakajima, and
T Abe, and
G Takada
September 1990,
Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai zasshi = The Japanese journal of gastro-enterology,
S Kishkurno, and
A Ishida, and
Y Takahashi, and
H Arai, and
W Nakajima, and
T Abe, and
G Takada
April 1983,
No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery,
