TESTICULAR CHORIOCARCINOMA REVEALED BY A LOCALIZED PULMONARY-EDEMA - A CASE-REPORT

We report the case of a young man hospitalized because of an acute pul monary embolism presenting as a focal pulmonary edema, without evidenc e of left ventricular failure. This pulmonary embolism was caused by a testicular choriocarcinoma that entailed both a neoplastic venous inv olvement with pulmonary neoplastic embolism, and a compression of infe rior vena cava with thrombosis and subsequent pulmonary thromboembolis m. This case combines two unusual associations: (i) Pulmonary embolism causing a localized pulmonary edema, (ii) Neoplastic pulmonary emboli sm of a testicular choriocarcinoma.