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Pure nongestational choriocarcinoma of ovary.

Corakçi A, Ozeren S, Ozkan S, Gürbüz Y, Ustün H, Yücesoy I

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Kocaeli, Derince, Kocaeli, Turkey.

INTRODUCTION: Primary ovarian choriocarcinoma arising presumably from a germ cell is extremely rare. Besides arising gestationally or nongestationally, it may be pure or mixed with other germ cell tumors like immature teratoma, dysgerminoma, polyembryoma. CASE REPORT AND DISCUSSION: We present a case of a 22-year-old woman diagnosed with pure nongestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary with a review of the literature and discussion of its origin.

Published 7 March 2005 in Arch Gynecol Obstet, 271(2): 176-7.
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