Choriocarcinorma in the Pulmonary Artery Diagnosed and Treated by Emergency Pulmonary Embolectomy

응급 페동맥 색전 제거술로 진단 및 치유된 폐동맥내 융모막 암종

  • 조봉균 (고신대학교 의학부 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 김종인 (고신대학교 의학부 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 이해영 (고신대학교 의학부 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 박성달 (고신대학교 의학부 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 김송명 (고신대학교 의학부 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 김영옥 (고신대학교 의학부 병리학교실)
  • Published : 2003.07.01

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.

5년 전 침윤기태(invasive mole)로 진단받았던 43세 여자가 심폐 바이패스 하에 응급 폐색전 제거술을 시행 받았다. 우측 주폐동맥뿐 아니라 좌하엽 폐동맥에도 종양이 침범되어 완전절제는 얻을 수 없었다. 종양 조직검사에서 융모막 암종으로 확진된 후 환자는 6개월 동안 항암치료를 받았고 완전관해 되었다. 드물지만 가임기 여성에서 폐색전이 있을 때 감별진단으로 융모막 암종을 고려해야 한다.

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