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Retroperitoneal mature teratoma after orchidectomy for a stage IB pure embryonal testicular carcinoma

International Journal of Clinical Oncology volume 13, pages 71–73 (2008)Cite this article

Abstract

Nonseminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis stage I will relapse in approximately 30% of patients in the first year after orchidectomy. We report a 19-year-old patient on active surveillance who presented with a retroperitoneal lymph node enlargement suggestive of metastatic disease more than 1 year after the initial diagnosis of embryonal carcinoma stage IB. Complete resection of the lymph node was performed and showed the presence of mature teratoma. Our patient had an unusual case of metastasis formation of benign histology of a previously removed highly malignant primary tumor confined to the testis.

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  1. Aart Beeker

    Present address: Spaarne Ziekenhuis, Spaarnepoort 1, 2134 TM, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands

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  1. Department of Medical Oncology, VU University medical center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Aart Beeker, Epie Boven & Cees J. van Groeningen

  2. Department of Pathology, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Pierre Lefesvre

  3. Department of Radiology, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Richard Golding

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Beeker, A., Boven, E., Lefesvre, P. et al. Retroperitoneal mature teratoma after orchidectomy for a stage IB pure embryonal testicular carcinoma. Int J Clin Oncol 13, 71–73 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-007-0689-3

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Key words

  • Testicular nonseminomatous germ cell tumor
  • Mature teratoma
  • Orchidectomy