폐의 융모상피암 1예

Pulmonary choriocarcinoma is a very rare tumor in men. Herrein, the case of a pulmonary choriocarcinoma in 39-year-old man, and whether it had a primary nature, is reported. He denied any prior medical illness, but was admitted to our hospital with a history of a cough, and progressive dyspnea and hemoptysis 2 and 1 week duration, respectively. Chest radiographs on admission revealed a huge lung mass, 10 cm in diameter, in the left upper lung field, with left pleural effusion. Although biopsies using several diagnostic methods for the pathological confirmation were attempted, the pathology was not confirmed. Finally, the patient died after 2 months of regression. An autopsy of the lung was then performed. 저자들은 39세 남자 환자에서 부검을 통해 폐의 융모상피암종을 확인하였으나 고환과 같은 생식선 또는 성선 이외(extragonad) 부위에서의 암종 존재 유무를 확인하지 못하여 원발성인지 혹은 전이성인지를 구분하지 못한 폐의 융모상피암 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.