Choriocarcinoma Presenting as a Pleural Effusion.

Leonard Hamera; Marie-Louise Posch; Sunoj Abraham; Jeffrey Jordan

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.9667

Choriocarcinoma Presenting as a Pleural Effusion.

Leonard Hamera
, Marie-Louise Posch
, Sunoj Abraham
, Jeffrey Jordan

Memorial Hospital of South Bend

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	12
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.9667
State	Published - Aug 11 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Radiology

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