Cerebral metastasis prom 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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Main Authors: Pasquale Gallo, Othello M. Fabião Neto, Sérgio F. Raupp, Carlos A. Ordovas, Paulo P. Oppitz
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Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1993-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1993000200023&lng=en&tlng=en
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author Pasquale Gallo
Othello M. Fabião Neto
Sérgio F. Raupp
Carlos A. Ordovas
Paulo P. Oppitz
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description 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 laboratorial and radiological characteristics. Therapeutic approaches with chemotherapic agents, surgery and irradiation are discussed.
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spelling doaj.art-33efd90b15ab45439363306a4a11eafc2022-12-22T02:52:57ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42271993-06-0151227528010.1590/S0004-282X1993000200023S0004-282X1993000200023Cerebral metastasis prom choriocarcinoma and oncotic aneurysms: case reportPasquale Gallo0Othello M. Fabião Neto1Sérgio F. Raupp2Carlos A. Ordovas3Paulo P. Oppitz4Hospital Cristo RedentorHospital Cristo RedentorHospital Cristo RedentorHospital Cristo RedentorHospital Cristo RedentorCerebral 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 laboratorial and radiological characteristics. Therapeutic approaches with chemotherapic agents, surgery and irradiation are discussed.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1993000200023&lng=en&tlng=encoriocarcinomametástase cerebralaneurisma oncótico
spellingShingle Pasquale Gallo
Othello M. Fabião Neto
Sérgio F. Raupp
Carlos A. Ordovas
Paulo P. Oppitz
Cerebral metastasis prom choriocarcinoma and oncotic aneurysms: case report
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
coriocarcinoma
metástase cerebral
aneurisma oncótico
title Cerebral metastasis prom choriocarcinoma and oncotic aneurysms: case report
title_full Cerebral metastasis prom choriocarcinoma and oncotic aneurysms: case report
title_fullStr Cerebral metastasis prom choriocarcinoma and oncotic aneurysms: case report
title_full_unstemmed Cerebral metastasis prom choriocarcinoma and oncotic aneurysms: case report
title_short Cerebral metastasis prom choriocarcinoma and oncotic aneurysms: case report
title_sort cerebral metastasis prom choriocarcinoma and oncotic aneurysms case report
topic coriocarcinoma
metástase cerebral
aneurisma oncótico
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1993000200023&lng=en&tlng=en
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