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Choriocarcinoma

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A malignant, trophoblastic and aggressive cancer, usually of the placenta. It is characterized by early hematogenous spread to the lungs and belongs to the far end of the spectrum of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), a subset of germ cell tumors. [ HPO:sdoelken ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • MSH:D002822
  • UMLS:C0008497
  • SNOMEDCT_US:188188009
  • SNOMEDCT_US:44769000
created by

doelkens

creation date

2011-06-07T11:05:40Z

definition

A malignant, trophoblastic and aggressive cancer, usually of the placenta. It is characterized by early hematogenous spread to the lungs and belongs to the far end of the spectrum of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), a subset of germ cell tumors.

id

HP:0100768