Short Tandem Repeats Define a Gestational Origin for Metastatic Choriocarcinoma
Brown K, Homer R, Baine M, Blasberg JD. Short Tandem Repeats Define a Gestational Origin for Metastatic Choriocarcinoma. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2019, 108: e115-e117. PMID: 30685255, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.12.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlacenta accretaSpontaneous hemothoraxGestational choriocarcinomaLower lobe massMetastatic gestational choriocarcinomaHealthy female patientsAdjuvant therapyMetastatic choriocarcinomaSurgical explorationChief complaintFemale patientsOutside hospitalRare consequenceUnreported causeGestational originClinical implicationsChoriocarcinomaAccretaHemothoraxResectionPatientsPrognosisHospitalShortnessTherapy