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
Hauptverfasser: Hillard, A E, Allen, R W, Beale, G
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Sprache:eng
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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.
ISSN:0038-4348
DOI:10.1097/00007611-199311000-00028