Abstract
Choriocarcinoma is a rare tumor with an incidence of one in 25,000–40,000 pregnancies. It may develop after an abortion, a term or preterm pregnancy, an ectopic pregnancy, or a hydatidiform mole. In their oft-depicted diagram (Fig. 24.1), Hertig and Mansell estimated that the lesion was preceded by a complete hydatidiform mole in 50%, an abortion in 25%, a normal pregnancy in 22.5%, and an ectopic pregnancy in 2.5%. Choriocarcinoma is more common in young women and in those 40 years of age or older. There is as wide a geographic variation in its incidence as there is for hydatidiform moles.
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Baergen, R.N. (2011). Choriocarcinoma. In: Manual of Pathology of the Human Placenta. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7494-5_24
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