Abstract

QUINTERO SALCEDO, Sahily et al. Lung metastasis due to choriocarcinoma . MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.5, pp.867-870. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 29 year female is presented who attended the Pneumology Service of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba with persistent dyspnea which became an acute respiratory failure. Keeping in mind the personal pathological history, the clinic, the physical examination and the results of the made complementary tests, it was corroborated that the patient presented metastatic lung lesions as consequence of a trophoblastic disease: the choriocarcinoma. A therapeutic curettage was carried out and the treatment with cytostatic was indicated, after which she improved. Due to the rareness of the case these findings are shared with the scientific community in general.

Keywords : woman; trophoblastic disease; choriocarcinoma; lung metastasis; secondary health care.

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