Endometrial carcinoma with choriocarcinomatous differentiation: a case report and review of the literature.

BACKGROUND

Choriocarcinomas unrelated to pregnancy, teratomas, or germ cell tumors have been found in the stomach, lungs, colon, esophagus, bladder, breast, renal pelvis and other sites.

CASE: We present a case of a 58-year-old woman with endometrial carcinoma with choriocarcinomatous differentiation. She received surgery and chemotherapy for endometrial adenocarcinoma. However, a metastatic tumor of choriocarcinomatous element appeared at the vaginal cuff 9 months after surgery. Additional chemotherapy for choriocarcinoma resulted in a decrease in the serum hCG and the tumor regressed. Fifty months following surgery, she is alive without disease.

CONCLUSION

Treatment and follow-up must be performed not only for the adenocarcinoma element but also for the choriocarcinoma element in patients presenting with endometrial carcinoma with choriocarcinomatous differentiation.