Choriocarcinoma

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

Neoplasms: 1361496
- Neoplasms by Histologic Type: 2
  - Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms: 4514
    - Trophoblastic Neoplasms: 485
      - Choriocarcinoma: 3254
  - Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms: 445
    - Carcinoma: 143226
      - Adenocarcinoma: 59622
        Choriocarcinoma: 3254
- Neoplastic Pregnancy Complications
  - Trophoblastic Neoplasms: 485
    - Choriocarcinoma: 3254
Urogenital Diseases: 129
- Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
  - Pregnancy Complications: 3050
    - Neoplastic Pregnancy Complications
      - Trophoblastic Neoplasms: 485
        Choriocarcinoma: 3254

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