Malignant testicular tumours in non-twin brothers.

نویسنده

  • P J Finan
چکیده

Case 1 A 24-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of pain and swelling of the right testis. Examination revealed a hard, irregular, enlarged testis and signs of a pleural effusion. Chest X-ray confirmed the effusion together with widespread secondary spread. A right orchidectomy was performed and the testis found to be replaced by a malignant trophoblastic teratoma. Post-operatively he rapidly deteriorated and died. At post-mortem, secondary spread was found in the lungs, liver, brain and kidney.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Urology

دوره 6 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1975