Pure Choriocarcinoma of the Ovary in Silver-Russell Syndrome

Acta Med Okayama. 2015;69(3):183-8. doi: 10.18926/AMO/53526.

Abstract

Pure ovarian choriocarcinoma is an extremely rare malignancy that can be gestational or non-gestational in origin. Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a rare congenital developmental disorder characterized by pre- and postnatal growth failure, relative macrocephaly, a triangular face, hemihypotrophy, and fifth-finger clinodactyly. We report a rare case of pure ovarian choriocarcinoma occurring in a 19-year-old woman with SRS. Following surgery, multiple chemotherapy courses were effective and she was free of disease at the 10-month follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Choriocarcinoma / blood
  • Choriocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Choriocarcinoma / therapy
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / blood
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Silver-Russell Syndrome / pathology*

Substances

  • Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human