Metastatic choriocarcinoma in an infant: imaging appearance

Metastatic choriocarcinoma is unusual in infancy and considered to be due to metastases from the placenta. Only fifteen cases have been previously reported. We present an unusual case of hepatic, pulmonary, and axillary lymph node metastases from choriocarcinoma in a 3-month-old female. Several of the lesions had large vascular channels identified by computed tomography and sonography with color and duplex Doppler.

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Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, M5G 1X8, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Dautenhahn, L., Babyn, P.S. & Smith, C.R. Metastatic choriocarcinoma in an infant: Imaging appearance. Pediatr Radiol 23, 597–600 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02014976

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Received: 19 July 1993

Accepted: 04 October 1993

Issue Date: December 1993

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02014976