{"title":"Metastatic Choriocarcinoma Masquerading As An Intracerebral Arteriovenous Malformation Bleed","authors":"P. Shrestha, U. Devkota, R. Panth","doi":"10.5580/17f3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Choriocarcinoma is a highly malignant rare tumor known to metastatise to the brain. We describe a case of a twenty-two year old unmarried female who did not have past history of pregnancy presenting to us with intra-cerebral haemorrhage with angiographic findings suggestive of arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Histology of the high parietal lesion confirmed it to be a choriocarcinoma. Bleeding in a metastatic choriocarcinoma should therefore be considered in the differential diagnosis of intracerebral bleeding in females of child bearing age.","PeriodicalId":326784,"journal":{"name":"The Internet Journal of Neurosurgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Internet Journal of Neurosurgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5580/17f3","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Choriocarcinoma is a highly malignant rare tumor known to metastatise to the brain. We describe a case of a twenty-two year old unmarried female who did not have past history of pregnancy presenting to us with intra-cerebral haemorrhage with angiographic findings suggestive of arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Histology of the high parietal lesion confirmed it to be a choriocarcinoma. Bleeding in a metastatic choriocarcinoma should therefore be considered in the differential diagnosis of intracerebral bleeding in females of child bearing age.