Choriocarcinoma-associated pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension: a case report

Cases of pulmonary embolism and pulmonary artery hypertension caused by choriocarcinoma represent a rare clinical emergency. We report a case of a 25-year-old woman who presented with pulmonary embolism and hypertension and died soon after complete pulmonary embolectomy. A related literature review...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Yan, Yu, Meining, Ma, Luyao, Xu, Hai, Li, Fanghong Rose
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Editorial Department of Journal of Biomedical Research 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4885173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26423729
http://dx.doi.org/10.7555/JBR.30.20140062
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Sumario:Cases of pulmonary embolism and pulmonary artery hypertension caused by choriocarcinoma represent a rare clinical emergency. We report a case of a 25-year-old woman who presented with pulmonary embolism and hypertension and died soon after complete pulmonary embolectomy. A related literature review revealed that almost all of these patients had previously experienced a spontaneous abortion (average, 6 months) and were not pregnant.

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