Recurrent peripheral arterial embolism from metastatic lung choriocarcinoma--a case report.
A patient with choriocarcinoma, most likely of ovarian origin, with lung metastasis is presented. The disease manifested itself by recurrent embolism into the peripheral arteries. Literature on this topic is reviewed.
Spácil
Jirí
J
3rd Department of Internal Medicine, General Teaching Hospital, and Charles University School of Medicine I, Prague, Czech Republic. spacil.jiri@vfn.cz
Hradec
Jaromír
J
Král
Jirí
J
D000368:Aged; D001366:Axillary Artery; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017128:Embolectomy; D004617:Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*