%0 Journal Article %T The challenging management of lung choriocarcinoma %A Gvinianidze, Lasha %A Panagiotopoulos, Nikolaos %A Woo, Wen Ling %A Borg, Elaine %A Lawrence, David %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2014 %B 2014 %9 %! The challenging management of lung choriocarcinoma %K %X The purpose of this paper is to highlight the existence and the management of lung choriocarcinoma (CCA), a rare category of lung tumors. We present a 42-year-old female that presented to our department with a PET positive lesion in the left upper lobe and a history of pregnancy 6 months prior to onset of symptoms. CT guided biopsy was inconclusive for diagnosis and the patient underwent a left thoracotomy and lingula sparing upper lobectomy. Histology revealed CCA of the lung and subsequently blood results confirmed the elevated b-HCG. CCA of the lung is a clinical entity that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lung lesions in women after pregnancy. %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/3104 %V 6 %N 10 %P E220-E222 %@ 2077-6624