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A malignant metastatic form of trophoblastic tumors. Unlike the HYDATIDIFORM MOLE, choriocarcinoma contains no CHORIONIC VILLI but rather sheets of undifferentiated cytotrophoblasts and syncytiotrophoblasts (TROPHOBLASTS). It is characterized by the large amounts of CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN produced. Tissue origins can be determined by DNA analyses: placental (fetal) origin or non-placental origin (CHORIOCARCINOMA, NON-GESTATIONAL).
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- Choriocarcinomas
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate IM with UTERINE NEOPLASMS (IM) + FEMALE + PREGNANCY
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- National Library of Medicine. Choriocarcinoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002822. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002822
- Choriocarcinoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choriocarcinoma
- Choriocarcinoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076481