title: Choriocarcinoma-associated pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension: a case report.
abstract: Cases of pulmonary embolism and pulmonary artery hypertension caused by choriocarcinoma represent a rare clinical emergency. We report a case of a 25-year-old woman who presented with pulmonary embolism and hypertension and died soon after complete pulmonary embolectomy. A related literature review revealed that almost all of these patients had previously experienced a spontaneous abortion (average, 6 months) and were not pregnant.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology.
authors.forename: Meining
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery.
authors.forename: Luyao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology. fli@njmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Fanghong Rose
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: choriocarcinoma; pulmonary artery hypertension; pulmonary embolism; pulmonary thromboembolism; β-hCG