Choriocarcinoma in elderly male: A rare case report and short review
Journal Title: Walawalkar International Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
A 61 yrs gentleman, old office clerk by profession, presented to his family physician with the chief complaints of abdominal pain, poorly localized, for 8 days. He was investigated outside with and ultrasound, which was suggestive of nodal masses in the retroperitoneum, for which he was referred to our tertiary oncology centre. At presentation to our hospital, he was ECOG performance status 2 with pulse: rate 107/min regular, blood pressure of 100/70mm of Hg, afebrile, respiratory rate of 23/min with 98% saturation at room air. On clinical examination , there were no evidence of any peripheral lymphadenopathy, abdominal examination revealed epigastric mass, which had ill defined margins and deep seated . Rest of the systemic examination including bilateral testis did not reveal abnormality
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Jaydeep Ghosh
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