Utility of beta‐human chorionic gonadotropin in pleural effusions: Report of an autopsy case of a male patient with primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma

A 69‐year‐old male patient presented with bloody pleural fluid effusion and elevated beta‐human chorionic gonadotropin (β‐hCG) levels obtained by thoracentesis. The patient's condition rapidly deteriorated, and he died. The autopsy revealed primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma. Early diagnosis of...

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Autores principales: Iwasaki, Kazuhiko, Watanabe, Kazuyoshi, Kimura, Hideharu, Yano, Seiji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9723396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36483884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6663
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author Iwasaki, Kazuhiko
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Kimura, Hideharu
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description A 69‐year‐old male patient presented with bloody pleural fluid effusion and elevated beta‐human chorionic gonadotropin (β‐hCG) levels obtained by thoracentesis. The patient's condition rapidly deteriorated, and he died. The autopsy revealed primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma. Early diagnosis of choriocarcinoma based on β‐hCG levels in the pleural fluid may be possible.
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spelling pubmed-97233962022-12-07 Utility of beta‐human chorionic gonadotropin in pleural effusions: Report of an autopsy case of a male patient with primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma Iwasaki, Kazuhiko Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Kimura, Hideharu Yano, Seiji Clin Case Rep Case Report A 69‐year‐old male patient presented with bloody pleural fluid effusion and elevated beta‐human chorionic gonadotropin (β‐hCG) levels obtained by thoracentesis. The patient's condition rapidly deteriorated, and he died. The autopsy revealed primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma. Early diagnosis of choriocarcinoma based on β‐hCG levels in the pleural fluid may be possible. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9723396/ /pubmed/36483884 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6663 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Iwasaki, Kazuhiko
Watanabe, Kazuyoshi
Kimura, Hideharu
Yano, Seiji
Utility of beta‐human chorionic gonadotropin in pleural effusions: Report of an autopsy case of a male patient with primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma
title Utility of beta‐human chorionic gonadotropin in pleural effusions: Report of an autopsy case of a male patient with primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma
title_full Utility of beta‐human chorionic gonadotropin in pleural effusions: Report of an autopsy case of a male patient with primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma
title_fullStr Utility of beta‐human chorionic gonadotropin in pleural effusions: Report of an autopsy case of a male patient with primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Utility of beta‐human chorionic gonadotropin in pleural effusions: Report of an autopsy case of a male patient with primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma
title_short Utility of beta‐human chorionic gonadotropin in pleural effusions: Report of an autopsy case of a male patient with primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma
title_sort utility of beta‐human chorionic gonadotropin in pleural effusions: report of an autopsy case of a male patient with primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9723396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36483884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6663
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