Tumor emboli presenting as pulmonary hypertension. A diagnostic dilemma.
A case of recurrent tumor emboli secondary to choriocarcinoma is described. The patient presented with obvious pulmonary hypertension and was diagnosed and treated as a case of multiple pulmonary embolism. Information which suggested the possibility of tumor emboli was indeed present but recognized only retrospectively.
D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008487:Medical History Taking; D011247:Pregnancy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography