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- Title
Choriocarcinoma with brain involvement.
- Authors
James, Francis V.; Lijeesh, Attokaran L.; Koshy, Sumod M.; Kumar, Aswin
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 26-year-old lady who was diagnosed with choriocarcinomia alongwith brain involvement. She was presented with right-sided hemiparesis and seizures. Her clinical tests showed space-occupying lesion with hemorrhage and perilesional edema of her left parietal area. She was treated with whole brain radiotherapy for three weeks and etoposide, methotrexate, actinomycin D, cyclophosphamide, vincristine (EMACO) chemotherapy, along with anti-epileptic medication.
- Subjects
HEMIPARESIS; CEREBRAL edema
- Publication
Journal of Cancer Research & Therapeutics, 2011, Vol 7, Issue 3, p383
- ISSN
0973-1482
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/0973-1482.87025