Gestational choriocarcinoma presenting as endobronchial carcinoma.
A patient is reported who presented with features of bronchial obstruction due to endobronchial tumour. Failure to recognise this as being due to choriocarcinoma led to a delay in diagnosis and effective treatment which, given earlier, may have proved lifesaving.
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Department of Medicine, Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine, Harare, Zimbabwe.
D000328:Adult; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*