Acquired Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula within Metastasis from Choriocarcinoma: A Case Report
Choriocarcinoma is a highly malignant neoplasm arising from the trophoblast of a human pregnancy, which may have distant spread to multiple organs, particularly to the lung. We report a case of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula that developed after chemotherapy within a choriocarcinoma metastasis. A...
Main Authors: | Tassia Yamanari, Marcio Sawamura, Hye Ju Lee, Chang Kai Chi, Artur Katz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2017-07-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/478088 |
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