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Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery 2016; 35(04): 312-314
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1595819
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Brain Metastasis of a Primary Testicular Pure Choriocarcinoma Presenting with Frontal Lobe Hemorrhage

Metástase cerebral de um coriocarcinoma testicular puro primário apresentando hemorragia no lobo frontal
Gabriel Flamarin Cavasana
1   Universidade Anhembi Morumbi, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
,
Fabricio Willian Mantelo Zanini
2   Neurology, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Araçatuba, SP, Brazil
,
Pery Prado Neto
3   Clínica Neurologia Neurocirurgia Dr. Pery Prado Neto, Jardim São Gabriel, SP, Brazil
,
Rodrigo Mendonça
4   Neurosurgery, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Araçatuba, SP, Brazil
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23 June 2016

04 October 2016

Publication Date:
21 November 2016 (online)

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Abstract

We present the case of a 21-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with metastatic brain choriocarcinoma after presenting with a spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage. The treatment performed for this patient was an open surgery with full excision of the lesion. It is known that this kind of tumor is usually found in women, with low incidence in men. With this information as a baseline, we found multiple pulmonary metastases and a primary pure choriocarcinoma in his testicle.

Resumo

Apresentamos o caso de um paciente do sexo masculino, de 21 anos de idade, o qual foi diagnosticado com um coriocarcinoma cerebral metastático após apresentar uma hemorragia cerebral espontânea. O tratamento realizado para este paciente foi uma cirurgia aberta com excisão total da lesão. Sabe-se que este tipo de tumor é normalmente encontrado em mulheres, com baixa incidência no sexo masculino. A partir desta informação, encontramos múltiplas metástases pulmonares e um coriocarcinoma primário puro em seu testículo.

Keywords

neurosurgery - choriocarcinoma - neoplasms

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neurocirurgia - coriocarcinoma - neoplasias
 

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