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In December 1992 a 27-year-old primagravida woman had a baby girl by normal vaginal delivery. The third trimester of pregnancy was complicated by mild pre-eclamsia which settled after delivery. Five weeks later the patient experienced vaginal bleeding which persisted intermittently until she attended hospital 3 months post partum when a urinary hCG pregnancy test was negative and a pelvic ultra-sound scan showed a thickened uterine wall. The bleeding continued but she did not represent until she had a heavy vaginal bleed 8 months post partum. She felt pregnant, with malaise and nausea, and her urinary pregnancy test was positive. A uterine dilatation and curettage was undertaken and the histology revealed choriocarcinoma.
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Bower, M., Brock, C., Fisher, R.A., Newlands, E.S., Rustin, G.J.S. (1997). Gestational choriocarcinoma. In: Souhami, R.L. (eds) The Teaching Cases from Annals of Oncology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5456-7_21
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