These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Choriocarcinoma presenting as a cutaneous metastasis.
    Author: Chhieng DC, Jennings TA, Slominski A, Mihm MC.
    Journal: J Cutan Pathol; 1995 Aug; 22(4):374-7. PubMed ID: 7499580.
    Abstract:
    The rare presentation of choriocarcinoma as a cutaneous metastasis in a 23-year-old male is reported. Histological and immunohistochemical analysis of the biopsy material demonstrated two distinct cell populations, syncytiotrophoblasts and cytotrophoblasts, with syncytiotrophoblasts strongly positive for human chorionic gonadotropin antigen. Subsequent clinical evaluation revealed a testicular tumor with metastases to lungs, brain, liver and kidney and increased serum levels of human chorionic gonadotropin. The patient died shortly after diagnosis due to complications of metastatic disease despite chemotherapy.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]