Retroperitoneal germ cell tumor in postmenopausal woman

M Carini; R Bertini; C Selli; D Villari; G Barbagli; G Grechi

doi:10.1016/0090-4295(92)90417-u

Retroperitoneal germ cell tumor in postmenopausal woman

Urology. 1992 Dec;40(6):560-2. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(92)90417-u.

Authors

M Carini¹, R Bertini, C Selli, D Villari, G Barbagli, G Grechi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, University of Florence, Italy.

PMID: 1334607
DOI: 10.1016/0090-4295(92)90417-u

Abstract

A fifty-four-year-old woman presented with right renal colic and three months later a retroperitoneal tumor was diagnosed. After explorative laparotomy with biopsy, which showed a germ cell tumor, the patient received external beam radiotherapy, but died of metastatic diffusion nine months later. We believe this is a rare occurrence of a germ cell tumor in a postmenopausal woman.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Colic / etiology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Kidney Diseases / etiology
Menopause*
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / diagnosis
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / epidemiology*
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / radiotherapy
Radiotherapy, High-Energy
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / radiotherapy