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Metastasis of choriocarcinoma to kidney
Article published in Urologia Polska 1991/44/4.

authors

Tadeusz Zajączkowski, Winfried Straube
Z Oddziału Urologicznego Marienhospital Essen Kierownik Oddziału: prof. dr med. W. Straube

summary

Described here is a choriocarcinoma metastasis to kidney in a 34 year old female patient. The left kidney was removed because of massive bleeding. Despite the great risk due to distant metastases to lungs, skin, and the remaining kidney the patient was cured after application of polychemotherapy.

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correspondence

: dr med. Tadeusz Zajączkowski, 4300 Essen 12, Niemcy, Hospital Str. 24, Marienhospital, Urologische Abteilung.