Case of maternal and infantile choriocarcinoma following normal pregnancy

Joelle Getrajdman; Valentin Kolev; Erica Brody; Linus Chuang

doi:10.1016/j.gynor.2012.05.002

Case of maternal and infantile choriocarcinoma following normal pregnancy

Gynecol Oncol Case Rep. 2012 May 8;2(3):102-4. doi: 10.1016/j.gynor.2012.05.002. eCollection 2012.

Authors

Joelle Getrajdman¹, Valentin Kolev², Erica Brody³, Linus Chuang²

Affiliations

¹ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
² Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

Abstract

► 33 years old woman diagnosed with choriocarcinoma after delivery, her newborn son with the same diagnosis. ► Case of transplasental dissemination of choriacarcinoma. ► Advanced disease both in the mother and the infant.

Keywords: Choriocarcinoma; Infantile choriocarcinoma.