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A rare case of cutaneous metastasis of postpartum choriocarcinoma
Keimari Méndez1, Yaniris Avellanet, Sharee Umpierre
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067.
Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal
|June 18, 2009
Abstract:
Gestational trophoblastic disease has been reported to be responsive to chemotherapy, with a 90% cure rate. Several factors place patients at high risk of experiencing treatment failure with single agent chemotherapy. Choriocarcinoma following term pregnancy is very rare and associated with a poor prognosis and a mortality rate of 33-40%. We present a rare case of cutaneous metastasis of choriocarcinoma to the left third digit.
