Ultrasonography and color Doppler imaging of metastatic pulmonary choriocarcinoma.
Chest ultrasound and color Doppler flow imaging were used to assess the pulmonary nodule of a 24-year-old pregnant woman with dyspnea and hemoptysis. The ultrasonogram showed multiple hypoechoic subpleural nodules. Color Doppler imaging of the nodules revealed characteristics of high vascularity and high blood flow. A percutaneous needle aspiration under ultrasonic guidance confirmed the diagnosis of choriocarcinoma.
Liaw
Y S
YS
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, ROC.
Yang
P C
PC
Yuan
A
A
Hsieh
F J
FJ
Kuo
S H
SH
Luh
K T
KT
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D003116:Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*