Clinicopathological analysis of non-gestational ovarian choriocarcinoma: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Wang,Qiong; Guo,Chao; Zou,Lingfeng; Wang,Yun; Song,Xin; Ma,Yaqi; Liu,Aijun

doi:10.3892/ol.2016.4257

Clinicopathological analysis of non-gestational ovarian choriocarcinoma: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Authors:
- Qiong Wang
- Chao Guo
- Lingfeng Zou
- Yun Wang
- Xin Song
- Yaqi Ma
- Aijun Liu
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Affiliations: Department of Pathology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
Published online on: February 22, 2016 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.4257
Pages: 2599-2604

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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to analyze the clinicopathological features of two cases of non-gestational ovarian choriocarcinoma (NGCO). The histopathological, immunohistochemical and clinical features of two cases of NGCO in the left ovaries of two 13 year‑old female patients were investigated and the relevant literature was reviewed. In both cases, the tumor masses exhibited cribriform, papillary and nested cellular growth patterns, and hemorrhage and necrosis were evident. In case one, the patient also exhibited a sex cord tumor with annular tubules (SCTAT) in the right ovary. To the best of our knowledge, the synchronous occurrence of these two tumor types has not been reported previously. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells of choriocarcinoma in both cases were positive for human chorionic gonadotropin and cytokeratin, while those of SCTAT were positive for CD56 and CD99. NGCO is an extremely rare germ cell tumor of high‑grade malignancy, and STCAT is even rarer. Early metastasis of NGCO is common and the disease has a poor prognosis. In the present study, one patient succumbed within 4 months of diagnosis with NGCO and the other patient was lost to follow-up after 12 months.

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