Choriocarcinoma, A Rare Cause of Antepartum and Postpartum Haemorrhage, Report of A Case and Review of Literature

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International Journal of Gynecology & Clinical Practices Volume 3 (2016), Article ID 3:IJGCP-118, 3 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4986/2016/118

Case Report

Choriocarcinoma, A Rare Cause of Antepartum and Postpartum Haemorrhage, Report of A Case and Review of Literature

Frederick Hobenu¹, Simon Naporo², Leonard Derkyi-Kwarteng³ and Patrick Kafui Akakpo^3*

¹Department of Pathology 37 Millitary Hospital, Accra, Ghana
²Department of Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana Medical School Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
³Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana

Corresponding Author Details: Dr. Patrick Kafui Akakpo, Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana; E-mail: k.p.akakpo@uccsms.edu.gh

Received: 06 February 2016; Accepted: 17 May 2016; Published: 19 May 2016

Citation: Hobenu F, Naporo S, Derkyi-Kwarteng L, Akakpo PK (2016) Choriocarcinoma, A Rare Cause of Antepartum and Postpartum Haemorrhage, Report of A Case and Review of Literature. Int J Gynecol Clin Pract 3: 118. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4986/2016/118

Copyright: © 2016 Hobenu et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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