A Case of Pulmonary Choriocarcinoma.

Park, Semi; Yang, Woo In; Moon, Ji Ae; Byun, Min Kwang; Chung, Woo Young; Choi, Sang Bong; Chung, Jae Hee; Kang, Shin Myung; Park, Moo Suk; Kim, Young Sam; Chang, Joon; Cho, Nam Hoon; Cho, Sang Ho; Kim, Sung Kyu; Kim, Se Kyu

doi:2007.62.3.237

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 62(3); 2007 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2007;62(3):237-240.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2007.62.3.237 Published online March 1, 2007.

A Case of Pulmonary Choriocarcinoma.

Semi Park, Woo In Yang, Ji Ae Moon, Min Kwang Byun, Woo Young Chung, Sang Bong Choi, Jae Hee Chung, Shin Myung Kang, Moo Suk Park, Young Sam Kim, Joon Chang, Nam Hoon Cho, Sang Ho Cho, Sung Kyu Kim, Se Kyu Kim

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sekyukim@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
²The Institute of Chest Diseases, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

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.

Key Words: Choriocarcinoma, Lung, Men