A Case Report of Primary Pulmonary Choriocarcinoma in a Man: Successful Combination of Surgery and Chemotherapy

Choriocarcinoma is a malignant tumor that typically appears in gonadal organs and primarily occurs in women of reproductive age. Being a primary extragonadal choriocarcinoma, primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma (PPC) is an extremely rare condition. Due to the rarity of PPC, no standardized treatment h...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Hang Thi Thuy, Hoang, Hung Huy, Le, Anh Thi Van
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7443671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000508744
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Sumario:Choriocarcinoma is a malignant tumor that typically appears in gonadal organs and primarily occurs in women of reproductive age. Being a primary extragonadal choriocarcinoma, primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma (PPC) is an extremely rare condition. Due to the rarity of PPC, no standardized treatment has been established so far. However, surgery combined with adjuvant chemotherapy appears to be the most optimal treatment. Here, we report a rare case of a man with PPC that was successfully treated with surgery followed by chemotherapy.

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