Year: 1992
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We experienced a 62-year-old man with human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) producing carcinoma of the lung. The patient was admitted with gynecomastia and breast pain accompanying a high urinary HCG level. He underwent left upper lobectomy for primary lesion, and then segmental lung resection for a contralateral pulmonary metastasis 3 months later. Histological examination revealed a large cell carcinoma positive for HCG on immunohistochemical staining. Postoperative chemotheraphy with CDDP and VDS was not successful. He is still alive with residural 8 lesions at months after the initial operation.
Authors: Shigehiko ltoh, Hisakuni Ohe, Daikichi Okada, Masahiro Kobayashi, Masahiko Yoshimoto, Yasuharu Masuyama, Nobuharu Ohe
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W8003416