Testicular seminoma presenting with duodenal perforation: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Testicular neoplasms metastasizing to the retroperitoneum rarely involve the upper gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal tract metastases usually present with complications including intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and rarely ulceration of the bowel mucosa. CASE...

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Autores principales: Miocinovic, Ranko, Abaza, Ronney
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2546414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18782436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-294
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Abaza, Ronney
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description INTRODUCTION: Testicular neoplasms metastasizing to the retroperitoneum rarely involve the upper gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal tract metastases usually present with complications including intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and rarely ulceration of the bowel mucosa. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe an unusual case of duodenal perforation as the presenting manifestation of metastatic classic type seminoma in a 45-year-old man. CONCLUSION: Germ cell tumor diagnosis should be considered when an ulcerating small bowel mass is identified in a young man.
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spelling pubmed-25464142008-09-20 Testicular seminoma presenting with duodenal perforation: a case report Miocinovic, Ranko Abaza, Ronney J Med Case Reports Case Report INTRODUCTION: Testicular neoplasms metastasizing to the retroperitoneum rarely involve the upper gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal tract metastases usually present with complications including intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and rarely ulceration of the bowel mucosa. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe an unusual case of duodenal perforation as the presenting manifestation of metastatic classic type seminoma in a 45-year-old man. CONCLUSION: Germ cell tumor diagnosis should be considered when an ulcerating small bowel mass is identified in a young man. BioMed Central 2008-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2546414/ /pubmed/18782436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-294 Text en Copyright © 2008 Miocinovic and Abaza; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Miocinovic, Ranko
Abaza, Ronney
Testicular seminoma presenting with duodenal perforation: a case report
title Testicular seminoma presenting with duodenal perforation: a case report
title_full Testicular seminoma presenting with duodenal perforation: a case report
title_fullStr Testicular seminoma presenting with duodenal perforation: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Testicular seminoma presenting with duodenal perforation: a case report
title_short Testicular seminoma presenting with duodenal perforation: a case report
title_sort testicular seminoma presenting with duodenal perforation: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2546414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18782436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-294
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