Volume 121, Issue 3, Pages 996-998 (March 2002) Use of Urine Pregnancy Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Primary Pulmonary Choriocarcinoma in a Man Tsai Jong-Rung , MD, Chong Inn-Wen , MD, FCCP, Hung Jen-Yu , MD, Tsai Kun-Bow , MD CHEST Volume 121, Issue 3, Pages 996-998 (March 2002) DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.3.996 Copyright © 2002 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 A chest radiograph performed at hospital admission shows airspace consolidation infiltrates involving the periphery of both lungs, with multiple pulmonary nodules of varying sizes in both lung fields. CHEST 2002 121, 996-998DOI: (10.1378/chest.121.3.996) Copyright © 2002 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 A CT scan of the chest demonstrates multiple pulmonary nodules in both lungs with ground-glass opacities involving the periphery of both upper lobes, which is consistent with pulmonary hemorrhage. P = posterior; R = right. CHEST 2002 121, 996-998DOI: (10.1378/chest.121.3.996) Copyright © 2002 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 The histopathology of a transbronchial lung biopsy specimen shows a dimorphic population of malignant cells with hyperchromatic nuclei and multinucleated syncytiotrophoblasts scattered within fibrinoid deposits (hematoxylin-eosin stain, original × 40). CHEST 2002 121, 996-998DOI: (10.1378/chest.121.3.996) Copyright © 2002 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions