{"title":"A drastic post operative course after the resection of primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma in a male.","authors":"Makoto Takahama","doi":"10.1002/rcr2.1400","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma is a highly aggressive germ cell neoplasm and an extremely rare, especially in males. It is characterized by a poor response to therapy and shortened survival times. We present the case of primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma in a 46-year-old male. The patient was referred to our institute with cough, worsening dyspnea and hemoptysis. The contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography revealed an avid enhanced 15 × 14 cm sized nodular lesion, in the left lower lung, which invaded into the diaphragm. After the embolization of the intercostal arteries, the tumour was resected successfully. However, the patient had died suddenly on the 28th day after the surgery. Autopsy was conducted and revealed that his cause of the death was the tumour emboli in the right coronary artery.</p>","PeriodicalId":45846,"journal":{"name":"Respirology Case Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11215282/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Respirology Case Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.1400","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"RESPIRATORY SYSTEM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma is a highly aggressive germ cell neoplasm and an extremely rare, especially in males. It is characterized by a poor response to therapy and shortened survival times. We present the case of primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma in a 46-year-old male. The patient was referred to our institute with cough, worsening dyspnea and hemoptysis. The contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography revealed an avid enhanced 15 × 14 cm sized nodular lesion, in the left lower lung, which invaded into the diaphragm. After the embolization of the intercostal arteries, the tumour was resected successfully. However, the patient had died suddenly on the 28th day after the surgery. Autopsy was conducted and revealed that his cause of the death was the tumour emboli in the right coronary artery.
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Respirology Case Reports is an open-access online journal dedicated to the publication of original clinical case reports, case series, clinical images and clinical videos in all fields of respiratory medicine. The Journal encourages the international exchange between clinicians and researchers of experiences in diagnosing and treating uncommon diseases or diseases with unusual presentations. All manuscripts are peer-reviewed through a streamlined process that aims at providing a rapid turnaround time from submission to publication.