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An unusual cause of lower GI bleeding in a young woman: metastatic gestational choriocarcinoma

Published:March 15, 2012DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2012.01.023
An unusual cause of lower GI bleeding in a young woman: metastatic gestational choriocarcinoma
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      A 31-year-old woman was referred to our department for massive lower GI bleeding. She had undergone a cesarean section 1 month previously because of fetal distress at 8 months of pregnancy. At 6 months of pregnancy she had had a vaginal bleed that spontaneously subsided. During the cesarean section she had greater than expected blood loss, for which the cause could not be ascertained. After delivery, she had a low-grade fever for 20 days, which was empirically treated as enteric fever, and she then experienced massive lower GI bleeding.

      Abbreviations:

      hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin)
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      Published online: March 15, 2012

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2012.01.023

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      © 2013 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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