Orchitis reveals an extragonadal primary mediastinal thymic seminoma: a coincidence or not?

Orchitis reveals an extragonadal primary mediastinal thymic seminoma: a coincidence or not?

BACKGROUND Mediastinal thymic seminomas are rare male germ cell tumors with extragonadal origin that appear predominately with a cystic appearance. CASE PRESENTATION A 22-year-old male was referred to our department for further investigation of a mediastinal mass discovered incidentally during routine chest X-ray. The patient has denied any symptoms including dyspnea, chest pain, cough, fever...

Mediastinal seminoma associated with multilocular thymic cyst

An asymptomatic 26-year-old man received an annual medical check-up, and chest X-ray showed a protrusion of the aortopulmonary window. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed an anterior mediastinal tumor and cysts with thin wall and septum enhancement. The preoperative diagnosis was cystic thymoma or malignant lymphoma. We performed total resection of the tumor through a median sternotomy. The...

Primary thymic seminoma in a 32-year-old female.

Mediastinal Seminoma: A Case Report

Seminoma is a rare, malignant germ cell tumor (GCT) that usually develops in the third or fourth decade of life in males. Although the most common location for a malignant GCT is the gonads, it can also arise in extragonadal regions, such as the mediastinum. The authors describe a case of a 37-year-old caucasian man, with smoking habits, arterial hypertension and dyslipidemia, who was admitted ...

Primary mediastinal seminoma presenting with superior vena caval obstruction.

Thompson MK, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221071 Description A previously well 29-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of progressive orthopnoea, dry cough, neck and facial swelling, and night sweats. On further questioning, he described 2 kg of weight loss and increasing swallowing difficulties over the previous year. An oesophagogastroduodenoscopy performed 1 year pr...