Choriocarcinoma with pulmonary metastasis: report of a case of successful treatment with serial FDG-PET follow-up.

Abstract

Hysterectomy is effective if choriocarcinoma is resistant to multiagent chemotherapy, especially after FDG-PET has confirmed the uterine disease site. In comparison with serial serum beta-hCG, FDG-PET is a more accurate method of locating possible metastatic or persistent lesions, providing information on tumor activity and helping with therapeutic decision making.