Philippine Journal of Pathology 2025;10(1):31-36

doi:https://doi.org/10.21141/PJP.2025.05

Primary bilateral ovarian choriocarcinoma in a 33-year-old, G3P3(3003) female: A case report

Sarah Lizette Aquino-Cafino 1 ; Jose Vicente Borja II 1 ; Al-zamzam Abubakar 1

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Keywords

Germ Cell Malignancy; Non-gestational

Country

Philippines

Language

English

Abstract

This is a case of a 33-year-old, G3P3(3003) female patient with a clinical presentation of vaginal bleeding associated with on and off hypogastric pain. The patient was diagnosed and managed as a case of tubo-ovarian abscess and subsequently underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (TAHBSO). Microscopic sections of both ovaries, however, showed dual population of tumor cells composed of medium-sized, mononucleated cells admixed with multinucleated giant cells with marked pleomorphism, extensive hemorrhage and necrosis. Immunohistochemistry studies using beta-hCG was diagnostic of ovarian choriocarcinoma, favoring non-gestational in origin. Classification of non-gestational choriocarcinoma (NGOC) was established using diagnostic criteria for NGOC established by Saito et al., and Mangla et al. DNA analysis, however, remains to be the gold-standard for differentiating between gestational (GOC) and non-gestational (NGOC) etiology.