Choriocarcinoma complicated by a vaginal fistula, sepsis and hemorrhagic shock. Case report
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E F C Murta1, R S Nomelini, A M O Rua
1Discipline of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Federal University of "Triângulo Mineiro" (FTM), Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology
|March 23, 2006
Abstract:
A case of poor prognostic choriocarcinoma developing sepsis is described. The patient was treated with vaginal drainage of pelvic abscess metastases, bilateral hypogastric artery ligation to prevent hemorrhage and single-agent chemotherapy.