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

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Case Report

Xin Peng¹  Jing-Tao Wu¹  Lun Jiang¹ 

[1] Department of Medical Imaging, Su Bei People’s Hospital of JiangSu Province, Medical School of Yangzhou University, No. 98 NanTong West Road, 225001, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China;

关键词: Adenocarcinoma;    Chemotherapy;    Choriocarcinoma;    Colon;    Syncytiotrophoblastic differentiation;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-11-23

 received in 2012-08-08, accepted in 2012-12-24,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Choriocarcinoma usually arises in the uterus and gonads. Primary choriocarcinoma (PCC) in an extragenital organ is rare. When it occurs in the gastrointestinal tract, the stomach is the most common site. Only 12 cases of PCC of the colon have been reported in the world literature. Most cases were associated with adenocarcinoma. We report the case of a 36-year-old man with PCC of the colon and review the clinical characteristics of previously documented cases.

【 授权许可】

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