Metastatic choriocarcinoma: correlation of MRI, CT, and angiography
We have described a 46-year-old woman with metastatic choriocarcinoma, anemia, and a liver mass. She subsequently had widespread metastatic disease and died despite chemotherapy. Without an antecedent history of pregnancy, her clinical presentation posed a diagnostic dilemma. This case emphasizes th...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Ala.), 1993-11, Vol.86 (11), p.1299-1301 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We have described a 46-year-old woman with metastatic choriocarcinoma, anemia, and a liver mass. She subsequently had widespread metastatic disease and died despite chemotherapy. Without an antecedent history of pregnancy, her clinical presentation posed a diagnostic dilemma. This case emphasizes the importance of including choriocarcinoma in the differential diagnosis of liver masses in women of childbearing age and of correlating CT, MRI, and angiographic findings. |
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ISSN: | 0038-4348 |
DOI: | 10.1097/00007611-199311000-00028 |