Testicular choriocarcinoma revealed by a localized pulmonary edema: a case report.
We report the case of a young man hospitalized because of an acute pulmonary embolism presenting as a focal pulmonary edema, without evidence of left ventricular failure. This pulmonary embolism was caused by a testicular choriocarcinoma that entailed both a neoplastic venous involvement with pulmonary neoplastic embolism, and a compression of inferior vena cava with thrombosis and subsequent pulmonary thromboembolism. This case combines two unusual associations: (i) Pulmonary embolism causing a localized pulmonary edema, (ii) Neoplastic pulmonary embolism of a testicular choriocarcinoma.
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Service de Reanimation Polyvalente et Urgences, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Cedex, France.
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D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery