Unusual metastatic pattern in testicular malignant teratoma
โ Scribed by Wassenaar, Henk A. ;Roos, Raymund A. C. ;Spaander, Piet Jan ;Van Oosterom, Allan T.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 436 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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โฆ Synopsis
A 25-year-old man presented with a malignant teratoma of the right testicle. After orchidectorny, the results of the surgical staging procedure were negative. Although pulmonary metastasis did not occur, massive bone marrow involvement with a bleeding tend-ency and hypercalcemic nephropathy developed. The response to chemotherapy was ex- cellent, but after the attainment of a complete remission the patient developed carcinomatous leptorneningitis, which was confirmed at autopsy as cause of death.
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