Primary Duodenal Choriocarcinoma Presenting as Massive Intestinal Bleeding and Metastasis to Brain.
- Author:
Eun Young CHO
1
;
Chang Soo CHOI
;
Ji Woong KIM
;
Ji Hye KWEON
;
Tae Hyeon KIM
;
Geom Seog SEO
;
Hyang Jeong JO
;
Suck Chei CHOI
;
Yong Ho NAH
Author Information
1. Departments of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University College of Medicine, Iksan, Korea. medcsc@wmc.wonkwang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Choriocarcinoma;
Duodenum;
Bleeding
- MeSH:
Brain Neoplasms/*secondary;
Choriocarcinoma/*diagnosis/secondary;
Duodenal Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology;
Female;
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/*diagnosis;
Humans;
Middle Aged
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2006;48(2):128-131
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Duodenal choriocarcinoma, either primary or metastatic, is very rare. Early diagnosis and prompt initiation of chemotherapy improve the prognosis of this neoplasm. We herein present, together with the referred literatures, a case of a 47-year-old female patient who visited to our hospital with upper intestinal bleeding. She was diagnosed as duodenal choriocarcinoma by operation. Brain metastasis was found soon after the operation and combination chemotherapy was done.
