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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author Zhu, Yan
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description 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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spelling pubmed-48851732016-06-08 Choriocarcinoma-associated pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension: a case report Zhu, Yan Yu, Meining Ma, Luyao Xu, Hai Li, Fanghong Rose J Biomed Res 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 revealed that almost all of these patients had previously experienced a spontaneous abortion (average, 6 months) and were not pregnant. Editorial Department of Journal of Biomedical Research 2016-05 2015-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4885173/ /pubmed/26423729 http://dx.doi.org/10.7555/JBR.30.20140062 Text en © 2016 by the Nanjing Medical University Press. All rights reserved.
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Li, Fanghong Rose
Choriocarcinoma-associated pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension: a case report
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title_full Choriocarcinoma-associated pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension: a case report
title_fullStr Choriocarcinoma-associated pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Choriocarcinoma-associated pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension: a case report
title_short Choriocarcinoma-associated pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension: a case report
title_sort choriocarcinoma-associated pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension: a case report
topic Case Report
url 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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