title: [Are lung choriocarcinoma and giant cell carcinoma producing chorionic gonadotropins just variants of the same neoplasm?].
abstract: An article presents two cases of choriocarcinoma lung metastases. One case revealed the primary mediastinal choriocarcinoma and the second one had unknown primary localisation of the tumor, which could be suggestive of a spontaneously regressed primary gonadal choriocarcinoma. Authors discuss the clinico-pathological aspects of extragonadal choriocarcinomas, theories of their histogenesis and the morphological similarities to anaplastic giant cell lung carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Zakładu Patomorfologii, Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Warszawie.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Słodkowska
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kamiński
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Broniek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Radomski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018286:Carcinoma, Giant Cell / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000378:metabolism*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin
vernacular_title: Czy kosmówczak płuca i olbrzymiokomórkowy rak płuca produkujacy gonadotropine kosmówkowa to tylko odmiany tego samego nowotworu?