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[[Chest radiography]] (CXR) may be helpful in the diagnosis of [[pulmonary]] [[metastasis]] of choriocarcinoma. The characteristic findings of [[pulmonary]] [[metastasis]] are peripheral, rounded nodules of variable size scattered throughout both [[lungs]]. | [[Chest radiography]] (CXR) may be helpful in the diagnosis of [[pulmonary]] [[metastasis]] of choriocarcinoma. The characteristic findings of [[pulmonary]] [[metastasis]] are peripheral, rounded nodules of variable size scattered throughout both [[lungs]]. | ||
== Chest X-ray== | == Chest X-ray== | ||
[[Chest radiography]] (CXR) may be helpful in the diagnosis of [[pulmonary]] [[metastasis]] of choriocarcinoma. The characteristic findings of [[pulmonary]] [[metastasis]] are peripheral, rounded nodules of variable size scattered throughout both [[lungs]]. | [[Chest radiography]] (CXR) may be helpful in the diagnosis of [[pulmonary]] [[metastasis]] of choriocarcinoma. The characteristic findings of [[pulmonary]] [[metastasis]] are peripheral, rounded nodules of variable size scattered throughout both [[lungs]].<ref name="pmid2382249">{{cite journal |vauthors=Nabers J, Splinter TA, Wallenburg HC, ten Kate FJ, Oosterom R, Hilvering C |title=Choriocarcinoma with lung metastases during pregnancy with successful delivery and outcome after chemotherapy |journal=Thorax |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=416–8 |date=May 1990 |pmid=2382249 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
[[Image:Choriocarcinoma pulm mets chest xray.jpeg|300px|left|thumb|''Pulmonary metastasis of choriocarcinoma visible as multiple opacities in bilateral lung fields'', courtesy of: www.Radiopaedia.org]] | [[Image:Choriocarcinoma pulm mets chest xray.jpeg|300px|left|thumb|''Pulmonary metastasis of choriocarcinoma visible as multiple opacities in bilateral lung fields'', courtesy of: www.Radiopaedia.org]] | ||
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Overview
Chest radiography (CXR) may be helpful in the diagnosis of pulmonary metastasis of choriocarcinoma. The characteristic findings of pulmonary metastasis are peripheral, rounded nodules of variable size scattered throughout both lungs.
Chest X-ray
Chest radiography (CXR) may be helpful in the diagnosis of pulmonary metastasis of choriocarcinoma. The characteristic findings of pulmonary metastasis are peripheral, rounded nodules of variable size scattered throughout both lungs.[1]
