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      Pituitary metastasis of choriocarcinoma: A case report.

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          Choriocarcinoma is an aggressive obstetric or gynecological neoplasm with a high malignant potential. It is a form of gestational trophoblastic disease and often secondary to hydatidiform mole, and intrauterine or ectopic pregnancy. Choriocarcinoma has a proclivity to metastasize to the lung, vagina, pelvis or liver in over 50% of patients, which always occurs in the early stage of the disease. With an appropriate amount of chemotherapy, the tumor may be treated effectively. However, pituitary metastasis of choriocarcinoma is extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, no cases of choriocarcinoma metastasizing to the pituitary have been cited previously. Here, we report a case of choriocarcinoma that presented with pituitary metastasis.

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          Journal
          Oncol Lett
          Oncology letters
          Spandidos Publications
          1792-1074
          1792-1074
          Feb 2016
          : 11
          : 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, P.R. China.
          Article
          OL-0-0-4088
          10.3892/ol.2016.4088
          4734318
          26893772
          31ed35f3-8b31-432b-b8da-40eb4e2a3614
          History

          metastasis,choriocarcinoma,pituitary
          metastasis, choriocarcinoma, pituitary

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