PELVIC HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA IN A PATIENT WITH MIXED GERM CELL TUMOR OF THE TESTIS
โ Scribed by ROSENBLATT, GREGORY S.; WALSH, CHRISTOPHER J.; BASILE, JOHN J.
- Book ID
- 122985201
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 258 KB
- Volume
- 166
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5347
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Autopsy findings are reviewed in 154 patients treated for germ cell tumors of the testis. OF the patients with apparently pure seminoma, 44% had autopsy evidence of nonseminomatous metastases. For all tumor types, the most common sites of distant metastasis were lung (89%), liver (73%), brain (31%),
Background. Primitive neuroectodermal tissue in teratomas of testis has been reported in the literature. A mixed germ cell tumor of testis with a prominent neuroblastoma component dictating the clinical behavior was found to be unique. Methods. Tissue sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosi