Pulmonary metastatic choriocarcinoma presenting as hemodynamically unstable patient with hemothorax

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2016.11699

Seok Yangki, Lee Eungbae

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyungpook National University Medical Center, Daegu, Republic of Korea

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2016.11699

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Spontaneous hemothorax is an uncommon condition which may be related to malignancies. Choriocarcinoma is a malignant trophoblastic tumor which frequently metastasizes to the lungs. In this article, we report a 23-year-old female patient who presented with massive hemothorax as a result of underlying choriocarcinoma.

Keywords : Choriocarcinoma; hemothorax; pulmonary metastasis

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