Gastrointestinal hemorrhage as first manifestation of metastatic testicular tumor

Shahrokh F Shariat; David Duchene; Wareef Kabbani; Zachary Mucher; Yair Lotan

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2005.06.102

Gastrointestinal hemorrhage as first manifestation of metastatic testicular tumor

Urology. 2005 Dec;66(6):1319. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.06.102.

Authors

Shahrokh F Shariat¹, David Duchene, Wareef Kabbani, Zachary Mucher, Yair Lotan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas 75390-9110, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 16360470
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.06.102

Abstract

We report a case of a man with a testicular mixed germ cell tumor in whom the first symptom was severe anemia secondary to upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a metastatic pure choriocarcinoma. He underwent ileal enterectomy, radical orchiectomy, and several cycles of chemotherapy (cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin). He died within 41 days of diagnosis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Choriocarcinoma / complications*
Choriocarcinoma / secondary*
Fatal Outcome
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Humans
Intestinal Neoplasms / complications*
Intestinal Neoplasms / secondary*
Male
Middle Aged
Stomach Neoplasms / complications*
Stomach Neoplasms / secondary*
Testicular Neoplasms / diagnosis
Testicular Neoplasms / secondary*