Gestational choriocarcinoma presenting with bilateral kidney and lung metastases with unknown primary: An uncommon clinical scenario

Purushottam Parajuli; Sujeet Poudyal; Suman Chapagain; Bhoj Raj Luitel; Pawan Raj Chalise; Uttam Kumar Sharma

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101433

Gestational choriocarcinoma presenting with bilateral kidney and lung metastases with unknown primary: An uncommon clinical scenario

Urol Case Rep. 2020 Sep 28:33:101433. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101433. eCollection 2020 Nov.

Authors

Purushottam Parajuli¹, Sujeet Poudyal¹, Suman Chapagain¹, Bhoj Raj Luitel¹, Pawan Raj Chalise¹, Uttam Kumar Sharma¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology and Kidney Transplant Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgung, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal.

Abstract

Gestational choriocarcinoma with kidney and lung metastases with delayed presentation after term pregnancy is rare event and not described frequently in literature. We describe a rare case of 24-year-old female with hematuria after 3 years of term delivery. Management includes chemotherapy and even renal embolization in case of life threatening hematuria.

Keywords: Choriocarcinoma; Metastases; Renal artery embolization.

Publication types

Case Reports