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Original Research
DNA polymorphism analysis of a pure non-gestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary: case report
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Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuok, Japan
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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Department of Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology, the Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Oita, Japan
Eur. J. Gynaecol. Oncol. 2000, 21(2), 153–154;
Published: 10 April 2000
Abstract
A 45-year-old nulligravida woman died from carcinoma peritonitis with choriocarcinoma arising in the ovary. This tumor was resistant to chemotherapy after debulking surgery. DNA polymorphism analysis was useful in proving the choriocarcinoma to be non-gestational carcinoma. In this paper, the clinical course and DNA polymorphism findings are mainly discussed.
Keywords
Ovary
Choriocarcinoma
Non-gestational origin
DNA polymorphism analysis