childhood CNS choriocarcinoma

Term ID

DOID:6639

Synonyms

• Choriocarcinoma of the paediatric central nervous system
• Choriocarcinoma of the pediatric central nervous system
• paediatric CNS choriocarcinoma
• pediatric CNS choriocarcinoma

Definition

A choriocarcinoma characterized by extraembryonic differentiation along trophoblastic lines and high serum and CSF levels of HCG/_-HCG, has_material_basis_in abnormally proliferating cells, derives_from germ cells. http://www.ajnr.org/content/31/10/1994

References

• NCI:C6206
• UMLS_CUI:C1377604

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:6639 )