Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Department of Oncology, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2022 May 5;60(249):488-490. doi: 10.31729/jnma.7081.
Choriocarcinoma is a malignant trophoblastic tumour usually of placental origin. It is characterized by early metastasis to the brain and lungs. With early detection, it has a better prognosis with treatment. We report a case of 18 years female at 26 weeks of gestation in her third pregnancy who had a history of treatment for metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasm with chemotherapy and radiotherapy two years back. Therefore, she was managed as a case of recurrent choriocarcinoma with brain metastasis with chemotherapy (etoposide and cisplatin with etoposide, methotrexate, and dactinomycin) and was responsive. Her symptoms resolved and β-human chorionic gonadotropin dropped to normal value (<2.39 mIU/ml) which has shown that timely diagnosis and management can be vital for the successful treatment of brain metastasis.
chemotherapy; choriocarcinoma; metastasis; recurrence.
绒癌是一种源自胎盘的恶性滋养细胞肿瘤。其特征是早期转移至脑和肺。若早期发现,经治疗后预后较好。我们报告了一例 18 岁女性,第三次妊娠 26 周,两年前曾因转移性妊娠滋养细胞肿瘤接受化疗和放疗治疗。因此,她被诊断为复发性绒癌伴脑转移,采用化疗(依托泊苷和顺铂联合依托泊苷、甲氨蝶呤和多柔比星)治疗,效果良好。她的症状缓解,β-人绒毛膜促性腺激素降至正常水平(<2.39 mIU/ml),这表明及时诊断和治疗对于脑转移的成功治疗至关重要。
化疗;绒癌;转移;复发。