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A Case of Pulmonary Choriocarcinoma  

Park, Semi (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Yang, Woo In (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Moon, Ji Ae (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Byun, Min Kwang (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Chung, Woo Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Choi, Sang Bong (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Chung, Jae Hee (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Kang, Shin Myung (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Park, Moo Suk (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Kim, Young Sam (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Chang, Joon (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Cho, Nam Hoon (Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Cho, Sang Ho (Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Kim, Sung Kyu (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Kim, Se Kyu (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.62, no.3, 2007 , pp. 237-240 More about this Journal
Abstract
Pulmonary choriocarcinoma is a very rare tumor in men. Herrein, the case of a pulmonary choriocarcinoma in 39-year-old man, and whether it had a primary nature, is reported. He denied any prior medical illness, but was admitted to our hospital with a history of a cough, and progressive dyspnea and hemoptysis 2 and 1 week duration, respectively. Chest radiographs on admission revealed a huge lung mass, 10 cm in diameter, in the left upper lung field, with left pleural effusion. Although biopsies using several diagnostic methods for the pathological confirmation were attempted, the pathology was not confirmed. Finally, the patient died after 2 months of regression. An autopsy of the lung was then performed.
Keywords
Choriocarcinoma; Lung; Men;
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