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Unexpected death due to gestational choriocarcinoma: a report of two cases
J A Filkins1, M B Kalelkar, M J Chambliss
1Office of the Medical Examiner, County of Cook, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
|January 14, 1999
Abstract:
We report two cases of unexpected death due to metastatic gestational choriocarcinoma and provide a review of the literature regarding these neoplasms. Our cases illustrate the extreme importance of medical follow-up of patients after an ectopic pregnancy or therapeutic abortion.