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Contralateral haemorrhagic pulmonary metastases (“choriocarcinoma syndrome”) after pneumonectomy for primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma |
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| Authors: | I Durieu N Berger R Loire J P Gamondes P H Guillaud J F Cordier |
| Affiliation: | Department of Pneumology, Hôpital Cardio-Vasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel, Université Claude Bernard, 69394 Lyon, France;Department of Pathology, Hôpital Cardio-Vasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel, Université Claude Bernard, 69394 Lyon, France;Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hôpital Cardio-Vasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel, Université Claude Bernard, 69394 Lyon, France |
| Abstract: | The case history is presented of a patient which illustrates both the diagnostic difficulties of an extremely rare tumour (choriocarcinoma of the lung) and its associated haemorrhagic metastases (“choriocarcinoma syndrome”). |
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