Pembrolizumab for treatment of a male with primary mediastinal choriocarcinoma: a case report

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Background

Primary mediastinal choriocarcinoma is an extremely rare malignant tumor, that is prone to early metastasis and often misdiagnosed. Currently, there is no standardized treatment for primary mediastinal choriocarcinoma. Herein, we report a case to share our experience in the diagnosis and treatment of primary mediastinal choriocarcinoma.

Case Description

A 19-year-old male patient who presented with chest pain and occasional cough for 1 month. He was diagnosed as mediastinal tumor with multiple lung metastases by imaging modalities in a local hospital, and therapeutic surgical excision was performed for the metastasis lesions in lower lobe of right lung. The pathological examination of the surgical specimens supported lung metastasis of choriocarcinoma. Then he

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9552051 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature