Uterine cervical clear-cell adenocarcinoma with a choriocarcinomatous component: a case report

J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 1996 Oct;22(5):437-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1996.tb01054.x.

Abstract

A 55-year-old woman presented with vaginal bleeding. A tumor was found in the cervix; it was composed of 2 distinctive elements: a clear-cell adenocarcinoma and a choriocarcinoma. Histologic findings suggested that the choriocarcinomatous element was derived from a preexisting clear-cell adenocarcinoma through a metaplastic process.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / drug therapy
  • Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / surgery
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Choriocarcinoma / drug therapy
  • Choriocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Choriocarcinoma / surgery
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human