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Renal choriocarcinoma: gestational or germ cell origin?
International journal of surgical pathology - 1 Dec 2012
Vereczkey Ildikó, Csernák Erzsébet, Olasz Judit, Küronya Zsófia, Szentirmay Zoltán, Tóth Erika
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Choriocarcinoma is a rare, highly malignant trophoblastic tumor with gestational or, rarely, germ cell origin. Primary extragenital localization is extremely rare. This report describes a choriocarcinoma case clinically mimicking a primary renal cell carcinoma with multiplex pulmonary metastases. Differentiation from a sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma with trophoblastic differentiation and identification of the...
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