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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1993;22(12): 1364-1368. |
Primary Intracranial Choriocarcinoma: Case Report. |
Jeong Pill Park, Houng Bong Moon, Jae Hong Jo, Hyeun Won Jo, Hayk Park, Sung Moon Yoon |
Department of Neurosurgery, Dong Gang Hospital, Ulsan, Korea. |
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ABSTRACT |
Primary intracranial choriocarcinoma is a extremely rare neoplasm since the case was reported by Askanasy, in 1906, there have been 35 reported, even if germinal neoplasms containing chorocarcinoma-like tissue are added. But pure choriocarcinoma was rarely reported. The purpose of this paper is to report a case of 18-year-old boy with tumor in subependymal region around left frontal horn, which was present with high level of serum beta chain of chorionic gonadotropin(B-HCG) and was verified as germine choriocarcinoma by biopay. |
Key Words:
Choriocarcinoma; B-HCG |
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