Cerebral hemorrhage from unsuspected choriocarcinoma.
A patient is presented who developed a frontal intracerebral hemorrhage, which proved to be due to a metastasis of a choriocarcinoma. The patient's uterus and adnexa had been removed two years previously for a non-malignant disorder. two years previously for a non-malignant disorder. The authors stress the importance of cytological examination of the bloody fluid on evacuation of a hematoma.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology*; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*