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Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Intratumoral Injection of Cisplatin for the Treatment of Isolated Mediastinal Recurrence of Lung Cancer
Published on: February 12, 2017
[Choriocarcinoma with pulmonary metastasis: diagnosis and treatment]
A-S Olezac1, I Papanikolaou, L Bengrine-Lefevre
1Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France.
Introduction:
Choriocarcinoma is a rare tumour which results from the anarchic proliferation of a gonadic or extra gonadic germinal cell.
Case Report:
A 45 year old pre menopausal woman of African origin presented with a persistent cough and deterioration of general status. The chest X-ray revealed a cavitated mass of the right upper lobe. Other lesions were associated (liver, kidney and scalp). Choriocarcinoma, suspected in the presence of an elevated ssHCG without a gravid uterus, was confirmed by biopsy excision of a haemorrhagic cutaneous lesion of the scalp. Despite the poor prognosis methotrexate based chemotherapy resulted in control of the disease and a good remission.
