title: Recurrent peripheral arterial embolism from metastatic lung choriocarcinoma--a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, General Teaching Hospital, and Charles University School of Medicine I, Prague, Czech Republic. spacil.jiri@vfn.cz
authors.forename: Jirí
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spácil
authors.forename: Jaromír
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hradec
authors.forename: Jirí
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Král
mesh_terms: 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*