Gestational trophoblastic disease – choriocarcinoma – case report

Gestational trophoblastic tumors are a group of a diseases from the benign hydatidiform mole, through the invasive mole to the highly malignant form of a choriocarcinoma. Choriocarcinoma is a rare tumor and it is the most malignant and aggressive neoplasm of all the gestational trophoblastic diseases. It grows rapidly and metastasizes to the lung, liver, and, less frequently, to the brain. The author presents the case of a 26-year-old woman who is indicated to the CT examination for suspected brain tumor based on the previous examinations. The patient was diagnosed with metastatic choriocarcinoma to the brain, kidney and drenal gland on the basis of an anamnesis by her husband, a high value of ß-hCG and a gynecological examination.

KEY WORDS:
choriocarcinoma, trophoblastic neoplasms, metastases, computed tomography