Malignancy arising in the uterus associated with pregnancy, abortion or hydatidiform mole. See Hydatidiform mole.
A malignant tumor composed of sheets of cellular and syncytial trophoblast.
A rare cancer in women of childbearing age in which cancer cells grow in the tissues that are formed in the uterus after conception. Also called gestational trophoblastic disease, gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, gestational trophoblastic tumor, or molar pregnancy.
A rare, highly malignant germ cell cancer
A highly malignant tumor that arises from trophoblastic cells within the uterus. Choriocarcinoma tends to be invasive and to metastasize early and widely through both the venous and lymphatic systems. Choriocarcinoma is one of the two types of gestational trophoblastic tumor, the other being hydatidiform mole. See the entire definition of Choriocarcinoma
a malignant neoplasm of trophoblastic cells, formed by abnormal proliferation without the production of chorionic villi
An extremely rare cancer that grows in the uterus during pregnancy.
Choriocarcinoma is a malignant and aggressive cancer of the placenta. It is characterized by early hematogenous spread to the lungs. It belongs to the far end of the spectrum of Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases (GTD).