Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of primary choriocarcinoma of colon
| Case | Sex and age (years) | Location | HCG (mIU/ml) | Metastases on admission | Associated with adenocarcinoma? | Treatment | Survival time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park and Reid 1980 [5] |
F/49 |
S |
NS |
Liver lung |
Y |
Surgery |
1 month |
| Nguyen 1982 [6] |
M/74 |
S |
400 |
None |
Y |
Surgery |
10 weeks |
| Ordonez and Luna 1984 [7] |
F/35 |
Cecum |
1,612 |
Regional lymph nodes, liver |
Y |
Surgery |
2 months |
| Kubosawa et al. 1984 [8] |
F/50 |
S |
230,000 |
None |
Y |
Surgery |
4 months |
| Metz et al. 1985 [9] |
F/42 |
S |
154,000 |
Regional lymph nodes, liver, lung spleen |
Y |
None |
|
| Lind and Haghighi 1986 [10] |
M/42 |
A |
610,000 |
Liver |
N |
Surgery |
1 month |
| Tokisue et al. 1996 [11] |
F/29 |
R |
49,000 |
Lung |
Y |
Surgery, chemotherapy |
11 months |
| Kiran et al. 2001 [12] |
M/68 |
R |
700,000 |
Regional lymph nodes, liver |
Y |
None |
|
| Le et al. 2003 [13] |
M/73 |
A |
146,000 |
Liver, lung, brain |
N |
None |
10 days |
| Verbeek et al. 2004 [14] |
F/54 |
R |
6,831(P) |
Liver, lung |
Y |
Surgery, chemotherapy |
8 months |
| Froylich et al. 2010 [15] |
F/57 |
Descending colon |
13,000 (P) |
Lung |
N |
Surgery, chemotherapy |
16 months |
| Harada et al. 2012 [4] |
F /58 |
S |
2,420 |
None |
Y |
Surgery, chemotherapy |
More than 60 months |
| Present case 2012 | M/38 | A | 3.38 | Regional lymph nodes, liver | N | Surgery, chemotherapy | More than 6 months |
A: ascending colon; C: cecum; F: female; M: male; NS: data not shown; P: postoperatively; R: rectum; S: sigmoid colon.