A Rare Case of Metastatic Choriocarcinoma of Lung Origin
Choriocarcinoma is part of the spectrum of gestational trophoblastic disease that occurs in women of reproductive age. Although the most common metastatic site of choriocarcinoma is the lung, primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma is rare. To diagnose primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma, the patient should...
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| author | Parth Rali Jianwu Xie Grishma Rali Mayur Rali Jan Silverman Khalid Malik |
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| description | Choriocarcinoma is part of the spectrum of gestational trophoblastic disease that occurs in women of reproductive age. Although the most common metastatic site of choriocarcinoma is the lung, primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma is rare. To diagnose primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma, the patient should have no previous gynecologic malignancy, have elevated human chorionic gonadotropin, and have pathological confirmation of the disease excluding gonadal primary site of the tumor. Due to the paucity of data, there are no guidelines for treatment. Prognosis of this malignancy is extremely poor. We report a rare case of metastatic primary lung choriocarcinoma in a 69-year-old postmenopausal woman who was treated with combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. The patient had a good outcome and is doing well after 1-year follow-up. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-04bc5c9ec7eb4826894e1551cd812d392025-02-03T06:00:06ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542017-01-01201710.1155/2017/46498134649813A Rare Case of Metastatic Choriocarcinoma of Lung OriginParth Rali0Jianwu Xie1Grishma Rali2Mayur Rali3Jan Silverman4Khalid Malik5Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USADivision of Pathology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USAChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USAHofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, NY, USADivision of Pathology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USADivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USAChoriocarcinoma is part of the spectrum of gestational trophoblastic disease that occurs in women of reproductive age. Although the most common metastatic site of choriocarcinoma is the lung, primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma is rare. To diagnose primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma, the patient should have no previous gynecologic malignancy, have elevated human chorionic gonadotropin, and have pathological confirmation of the disease excluding gonadal primary site of the tumor. Due to the paucity of data, there are no guidelines for treatment. Prognosis of this malignancy is extremely poor. We report a rare case of metastatic primary lung choriocarcinoma in a 69-year-old postmenopausal woman who was treated with combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. The patient had a good outcome and is doing well after 1-year follow-up.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4649813 |
| spellingShingle | Parth Rali Jianwu Xie Grishma Rali Mayur Rali Jan Silverman Khalid Malik A Rare Case of Metastatic Choriocarcinoma of Lung Origin Case Reports in Pulmonology |
| title | A Rare Case of Metastatic Choriocarcinoma of Lung Origin |
| title_full | A Rare Case of Metastatic Choriocarcinoma of Lung Origin |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Metastatic Choriocarcinoma of Lung Origin |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Metastatic Choriocarcinoma of Lung Origin |
| title_short | A Rare Case of Metastatic Choriocarcinoma of Lung Origin |
| title_sort | rare case of metastatic choriocarcinoma of lung origin |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4649813 |
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