Open AccessMetastatic choriocarcinoma in the proximal jejunum, an exceptional cause of massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Author(s) -
Beatriz Arencibia Pérez,
Elsa María Gómez Rebordinos,
Joaquín Marchena Gómez
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.6471/2019
Subject(s) - medicine , jejunum , choriocarcinoma , gastroenterology , gastrointestinal bleeding
We present the clinical case of a 34-year-old woman with a history of stage IV choriocarcinoma, after her diagnostic debut two years ago, a hysterectomy and resection of the right single pulmonary nodule with anatomopathological confirmation of both as uterine choriocarcinoma and pulmonary nodule compatible with metastatic choriocarcinoma, subsequently the patient received chemotherapy treatment with stability of her disease until now.