Cerebral metastasis from choriocarcinoma and oncotic aneurysms. Case report

Cerebral metastasis occur in 10 to 20% of patients with choriocarcinoma. We describe the twelfth patient with oncotic aneurysms from choriocarcinoma verified by cerebral angiography. The importance to consider this disease in a woman of childbearing age who develop an intracerebral hemorrhage or a l...

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Published in:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 1993-06, Vol.51 (2), p.275-280
Main Authors: Gallo, P, Fabião Neto, O M, Raupp, S F, Ordovas, C A, Oppitz, P P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Brain Neoplasms - complications
Brain Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Brain Neoplasms - secondary
Cerebral Angiography
Cerebral Hemorrhage - diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Hemorrhage - etiology
Choriocarcinoma - complications
Choriocarcinoma - diagnostic imaging
Choriocarcinoma - secondary
Female
Humans
Intracranial Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging
Intracranial Aneurysm - etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Uterine Neoplasms - pathology
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Summary:Cerebral metastasis occur in 10 to 20% of patients with choriocarcinoma. We describe the twelfth patient with oncotic aneurysms from choriocarcinoma verified by cerebral angiography. The importance to consider this disease in a woman of childbearing age who develop an intracerebral hemorrhage or a lesion with mass effect is emphasized, as well as laboratial and radiological characteristics. Therapeutic approaches with chemotherapic agents, surgery and irradiation are discussed.
ISSN:0004-282X
DOI:10.1590/s0004-282x1993000200023