Combined choriocarcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the lung occurring in a man : Case report and review of the literature

✍ Scribed by Fengshi Chen; Akitoshi Tatsumi; Satoshi Numoto

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 554 KB
• Volume: 91
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010101)91:1<123::aid-cncr16>3.0.co;2-3

✦ Synopsis

BACKGROUND.

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)-producing large or giant cell carcinoma of the lung is not uncommon, but primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma is an extremely rare entity. Even rarer are cases occurring in males; to date the authors have found only 12 reported cases in the English literature.

METHODS.

The clinical record of a 61-year-old man who presented with hemoptysis is described. A review of the literature regarding patients with primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma also is reported.