Computed tomography and angiographic findings in metastatic choriocarcinoma

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1989 Mar-Apr;13(2):319-22. doi: 10.1097/00004728-198903000-00026.

Abstract

We report a patient with metastatic gestational choriocarcinoma who presented with headaches, speech difficulties, motor aphasia, facial weakness, hemiparesis, and a large intraparenchymal hematoma. She subsequently developed a total of five intraparenchymal hemorrhages. Her clinical presentation posed a diagnostic dilemma and emphasizes the importance of a complete differential diagnosis of multiple intracranial hemorrhages. The features of CNS choriocarcinoma are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Choriocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Choriocarcinoma / secondary
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin / blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Splenic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Splenic Neoplasms / secondary
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Chorionic Gonadotropin