Abstract
We report on a patient with the diagnosis of an adult teratoma metastasizing as choriocarcinoma. The 49-year-old man died of dysfunction of the liver caused by massive metastatic involvement. This case demonstrates the malignant potential of adult teratoma and emphasizes the need for chemotherapy of the same kind as for other malignant germ cell tumours if undifferentiated metastases of the teratoma are present. The chemotherapeutic modalities and the options for surgical treatment of metastatic adult teratomas of the testis are discussed.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / drug therapy
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery*
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Choriocarcinoma / drug therapy
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Choriocarcinoma / pathology
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Choriocarcinoma / secondary*
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Choriocarcinoma / surgery
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Combined Modality Therapy
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Humans
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Liver / pathology
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Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy
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Liver Neoplasms / pathology
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Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
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Liver Neoplasms / surgery
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Lung / pathology
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Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
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Lung Neoplasms / pathology
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Lung Neoplasms / secondary
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Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Neoplasms, Second Primary / drug therapy
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Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology
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Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery*
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Orchiectomy
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Pneumonectomy
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Testicular Neoplasms / drug therapy
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Testicular Neoplasms / pathology
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Testicular Neoplasms / surgery*
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Testis / pathology