Primary hepatic choriocarcinoma in a 49-year-old man:Report of a case
Primary hepatic choriocarcinoma in a 49-year-old man:Report of a case作者机构:Department of Emergency Medicine Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital Ibaraki 309-1793 Japan Department of Surgery Hitachiomiya Saiseikai Hospital Ibaraki 319-2256 Japan Department of Surgery Jichi Medical University Tochigi 329-0498 Japan Department of Pathology Hirota Institute for Surgical Pathology Tochigi 329-0403 Japan
出 版 物:《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2013年第19卷第48期
页 面:9485-9489页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
基 金:Supported by Clinical Research Support Team of Jichi Medial University
主 题:Hepatic choriocarcinoma Male Human chorionic gonadotropin Liver biopsy Fludeoxyglucosepositron emission tomography
摘 要:We report a case of hepatic choriocarcinoma in a man diagnosed at autopsy after a rapid downhill clinical *** patient was a 49-year-old man who presented with acute right-sided abdominal *** were no masses palpable on physical *** findings showed large multi-nodular tumors mainly in the right lobe of the *** emission tomography scan showed uptake only in the liver,and no uptake in the *** initially planned to perform a liver resection for the presumed diagnosis of intra-hepatic ***,the tumors grew rapidly and *** lung metastases rapidly developed resulting in respiratory failure,preventing liver resection or even *** died 60 d after initial presentation with no pathological *** studies included histopathological and immunohistological examinations which diagnosed a primary choriocarcinoma of the *** hepatic choriocarcinoma is very rare but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a liver tumor in a middle aged *** this diagnosis may enable treatment of the *** biopsy and evaluation of serum human chorionic gonadotropin are recommended in these patients.