Choriocarcinoma

Epidemiology

Clinical features

Radiology

Macroscopic appearances

Histopathology

The tumour is composed of a mixture of mononuclear trophoblast and sheets of syncytiotrophoblast. Haemorrhage and necrosis are frequently apparent and sometimes extensive.

Immunohistochemistry

	b-catenin	11/361
	HLA-G	28/361
	Mel-CAM	28/361
	MUC4	32/321

Ultrastructure

Differential diagnosis

Management

Prognosis

References

1 Mao TL, Kurman RJ, Huang CC, et al. Immunohistochemistry of choriocarcinoma: an aid in differential diagnosis and in elucidating pathogenesis. Am J Surg Pathol 2007; 31:1726-32

This page last revised 3.1.2008