[Choriocarcinomatous neoplastic pulmonary embolism. A case].
Massive obstruction of the right branches of the pulmonary artery by choriocarcinomatous cells was found at embolectomy in a 36 year old woman who had had a hydatidiform mole 10 years previously. Several febrile lung infections resistant to antibiotic therapy over an 11 months period, had led to a reduction in the volume and vascularisation of the right lung. The diagnosis of recurrent pulmonary embolism was only suspected when a further embolic episode occurred after curettage for a spontaneous abortion at 9 weeks of pregnancy. The diagnostic value of increased HCG was masked by the pregnancy. The patient died a few days after surgery despite administration of chemotherapy postoperatively. The authors discuss the problems in the diagnosis of recurrent pulmonary embolism in the absence of a suggestive cause and the problem of detecting the tumoural nature of these emboli.
D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012008:Recurrence; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin
Embolie pulmonaire néoplasique choriocarcinomateuse. Une observation.