Choriocarcinoma in the Pulmonary Artery Diagnosed and Treated by Emergency Pulmonary Embolectomy.
- Author:
Bhong Gyun JO
1
;
Jong In KIM
;
Hae Young LEE
;
Sung Dal PARK
;
Song Myung KIM
;
Young Ok KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosin University College of Medicine, Korea. ksmmd@kosinmed.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pulmonary embolism;
Choriocarcinoma
- MeSH:
Adult;
Cardiopulmonary Bypass;
Choriocarcinoma*;
Diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Drug Therapy;
Embolectomy*;
Emergencies*;
Female;
Humans;
Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive;
Pregnancy;
Pulmonary Artery*;
Pulmonary Embolism
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2003;36(7):531-534
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 43-year-old woman who had had an invasive mole 5 years previously required emergent pulmonary embolectomy under cardiopulmonary bypass. Curative resection was impossible because the tumor invaded the right main pulmonary artery and left lower pulmonary artery. The pathologic diagnosis made by the tumor emboli specimens was choriocarcinoma. The patient received post-operative chemotherapy over a 6-month period and had complete remission. Although rare, choriocarcinoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of fertile women presented with pulmonary embolism.
