Primary Choriocarcinoma of The Lung

Choriocarcinoma was found in the lung of a 33-year-old woman. It was detected by percutaneous needle lung biopsy in the right lung and severe elevation of B-HCG in serum (200,000 IU/L). Primary choriocarcinoma of the lung is an extremely rare disease. Thus the patient was fully examined, especially...

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Autores principales: Rhee, Yang Keun, Kim, Jing Hong, Kim, Won Ho, Ha, Chong Young, You, Kwan Hee, Jang, Dong Seok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association of Internal Medicine 1987
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3154839
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1987.2.2.269
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Sumario:Choriocarcinoma was found in the lung of a 33-year-old woman. It was detected by percutaneous needle lung biopsy in the right lung and severe elevation of B-HCG in serum (200,000 IU/L). Primary choriocarcinoma of the lung is an extremely rare disease. Thus the patient was fully examined, especially the genital tract in order to find the choriocarcinoma foci, but this failed to disclose foci of the choriocarcinoma. After chemotherapy (MTX, actinomycin-D, Cyclophosphamide) the level of B-HCG in serum decreased. Thus we conclued that the choriocarcinoma of the lung was the primary tumor.

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