Testicular seminoma in a patient with pineal germinoma.
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چکیده
A case is reported of a 30 year old man with a testicular seminoma. He had presented 16 years previously with a pineal germinoma, followed two years later by intracranial metastases. This is an unusual occurrence of double pathology in the germ cell line.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical pathology
دوره 47 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994