Pancreatic Choriocarcinoma with Multiple Metastases: a Case Report and Literature Review.
10.15279/kpba.2017.22.2.82
- Author:
Hyun Jin YOUN
1
;
Sungjo PARK
;
Sang Woo CHA
;
Young Deok CHO
;
So Young JIN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine and Institute for Digestive Research, Soon Chun Hyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ydcho@schmc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Choriocarcinoma;
Pancreas;
Pancreatitis;
Metastases
- MeSH:
Brain;
Brain Edema;
Choriocarcinoma*;
Chorionic Gonadotropin;
Female;
Hemianopsia;
Hospitalization;
Humans;
Hypernatremia;
Liver;
Lung;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Pancreas;
Pancreatitis;
Pregnancy;
Prognosis;
Rare Diseases
- From:Korean Journal of Pancreas and Biliary Tract
2017;22(2):82-86
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Non-gestational, extragonadal choriocarcinoma is a rare disease and pancreatic choriocarcinoma is an extremely rare disease. Choriocarcinoma of non-placental origin is a highly malignant carcinoma with poor prognosis. It is characterized by high serum human chorionic gonadotropin levels. There is no standard therapy for extragonadal choriocarcinoma. Herein, we report a 47-year-old woman who presented with acute pancreatitis and left hemianopsia and was diagnosed with pancreatic choriocarcinoma with multiple metastases in liver, lung, and brain. Although the patient was treated with best supportive care, she succumbed to cerebral edema and hypernatremia on the fifteenth day of hospitalization.
