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*Usually a mixed tumour, i.e. pure choriocarcinoma is rare, e.g. [[dysgerminoma]] + choriocarcinoma. | *Usually a mixed tumour, i.e. pure choriocarcinoma is rare, e.g. [[dysgerminoma]] + choriocarcinoma. | ||
====Clinical | ====Clinical==== | ||
*High beta-hCG. | *High beta-hCG -- usually > 10,000 IU. | ||
*Vaginal bleeding. | |||
*Occasionally thyrotoxicosis.<ref name=pmid8395487>{{Cite journal | last1 = O'Reilly | first1 = S. | last2 = Lyons | first2 = DJ. | last3 = Harrison | first3 = M. | last4 = Gaffney | first4 = E. | last5 = Cullen | first5 = M. | last6 = Clancy | first6 = L. | title = Thyrotoxicosis induced by choriocarcinoma a report of two cases. | journal = Ir Med J | volume = 86 | issue = 4 | pages = 124, 127 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 8395487 }}</ref> | |||
====Epidemiology==== | |||
*May be preceded by a [[complete hydatidiform mole]].<ref name=Ref_PBoD1110-1>{{Ref PBoD|1110-1111}}</ref> | *May be preceded by a [[complete hydatidiform mole]].<ref name=Ref_PBoD1110-1>{{Ref PBoD|1110-1111}}</ref> | ||
*More common in the far east. | *More common in the far east. | ||