Computed tomography and angiographic findings in metastatic choriocarcinoma.
We report a patient with metastatic gestational choriocarcinoma who presented with headaches, speech difficulties, motor aphasia, facial weakness, hemiparesis, and a large intraparenchymal hematoma. She subsequently developed a total of five intraparenchymal hemorrhages. Her clinical presentation posed a diagnostic dilemma and emphasizes the importance of a complete differential diagnosis of multiple intracranial hemorrhages. The features of CNS choriocarcinoma are reviewed.
Watanabe
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Department of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84132.
Smoker
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D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin