Testicular choriocarcinoma: a rare diagnosis in a patient presenting with hemorrhagic shock

J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Feb 22;2023(2):rjad064. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjad064. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Abstract

Testicular choriocarcinoma is a rare and aggressive subtype of nonseminomatous germ cell tumors accounting for <1% of all germ cell tumors. We report an unusual case of testicular choriocarcinoma metastasis that presents as hemorrhagic shock. Diagnosis was unsuspected and difficult with vast other potential causes. This case highlights the importance of proper foundational workup and management that ultimately led to the appropriate definitive treatment of unusual manifestations of undiagnosed metastatic choriocarcinoma in a critical patient.

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