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Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia chest x ray

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Chest radiography (CXR) may be helpful in the diagnosis of pulmonary metastasis of choriocarcinoma. The characteristic findings of pulmonary metastasis are peripheral, rounded nodules of variable size scattered throughout both lungs.

Chest X-ray

Chest X-ray

Chest radiography (CXR) may be helpful in the diagnosis of pulmonary metastasis of choriocarcinoma. The characteristic findings of pulmonary metastasis are peripheral, rounded nodules of variable size scattered throughout both lungs.[1]

Pulmonary metastasis of choriocarcinoma visible as multiple opacities in bilateral lung fields, courtesy of: www.Radiopaedia.org
References

References

  1. ↑ Nabers J, Splinter TA, Wallenburg HC, ten Kate FJ, Oosterom R, Hilvering C (May 1990). “Choriocarcinoma with lung metastases during pregnancy with successful delivery and outcome after chemotherapy”. Thorax. 45 (5): 416–8. PMID 2382249.

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