title: Urgent embolization of hemorrhagic choriocarcinoma liver metastases--case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We present a rare case of 23-year-old patient with metastatic choriocarcinoma that presented life threatening abdominal bleeding from liver metastases shortly after initiation of treatment with chemotherapy and was treated by emergency embolization of the hepatic vessels. Although the bleeding was controlled, the patient succumbed to the disease on the 15th day after admission. Conclusions: Incontrollable hemorrhagic complications are the most common cause of death in choriocarcinoma metastatic patients. Angioembolization is an effective way of ceasing the bleeding and a potentially life saving measure.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lemańska
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Banach
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stanisławska
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Juszkat
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spaczyński
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nowak-Markwitz
mesh_terms: D031954:Choriocarcinoma, Non-gestational / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D055357:Uterine Artery Embolization / Q000379:methods*; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult