Two Cases of Early Rebleeding after Total Removal of Hematoma due to Metastatic Choriocarcinoma.
- Author:
Soo Young KIM
1
;
Jeong Hoon CHOI
;
Sang Bong LEE
;
In Chang LEE
;
Sang Do BAE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Masan Samsung Hospital, College of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Masan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Metastatic choriocarcinoma;
Total removal of hematoma;
Early rebleeding
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Brain Neoplasms;
Choriocarcinoma*;
Drug Therapy;
Female;
Hematoma*;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Pregnancy;
Trophoblasts
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1997;26(5):651-655
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Among metastatic brain tumors, choriocarcinoma has a highly malignant nature and because of the vascular invasion of trophoblastic cells,tends to hemorrhage. Surgery is recommended for patients with a single cerebral metastasis, or for those who fail to respond to chemotherapy. We encountered two unusual cases in which early rebleeding occurred after the total removal of a hematoma arising from metastatic choriocarcinoma, and confirmed by post-operative tissue biopsy.
