Pure Testicular Choriocarcinoma with Dermatological, Brain, and Gastrointestinal Metastases

Testicular choriocarcinoma is a non-seminomatous germ cell tumor (NSGCT) and is the rarest of all testicular cancers. Nearly all choriocarcinomas can be classified as either pure choriocarcinoma or as a component of a mixed germ cell tumor. Pure testicular choriocarcinoma is extremely aggressive and...

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Autores principales: Nassri, Rama, Muftah, Mayssan, Nassri, Ammar, Alkhasawneh, Ahmad, Corak, Jadranko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6168053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30324039
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3083
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author Nassri, Rama
Muftah, Mayssan
Nassri, Ammar
Alkhasawneh, Ahmad
Corak, Jadranko
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description Testicular choriocarcinoma is a non-seminomatous germ cell tumor (NSGCT) and is the rarest of all testicular cancers. Nearly all choriocarcinomas can be classified as either pure choriocarcinoma or as a component of a mixed germ cell tumor. Pure testicular choriocarcinoma is extremely aggressive and metastasizes early and extensively. We present a case of testicular cancer that metastasized to the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and brain, and discuss the case in light of the available literature.
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spelling pubmed-61680532018-10-15 Pure Testicular Choriocarcinoma with Dermatological, Brain, and Gastrointestinal Metastases Nassri, Rama Muftah, Mayssan Nassri, Ammar Alkhasawneh, Ahmad Corak, Jadranko Cureus Dermatology Testicular choriocarcinoma is a non-seminomatous germ cell tumor (NSGCT) and is the rarest of all testicular cancers. Nearly all choriocarcinomas can be classified as either pure choriocarcinoma or as a component of a mixed germ cell tumor. Pure testicular choriocarcinoma is extremely aggressive and metastasizes early and extensively. We present a case of testicular cancer that metastasized to the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and brain, and discuss the case in light of the available literature. Cureus 2018-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6168053/ /pubmed/30324039 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3083 Text en Copyright © 2018, Nassri et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Nassri, Rama
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Pure Testicular Choriocarcinoma with Dermatological, Brain, and Gastrointestinal Metastases
title Pure Testicular Choriocarcinoma with Dermatological, Brain, and Gastrointestinal Metastases
title_full Pure Testicular Choriocarcinoma with Dermatological, Brain, and Gastrointestinal Metastases
title_fullStr Pure Testicular Choriocarcinoma with Dermatological, Brain, and Gastrointestinal Metastases
title_full_unstemmed Pure Testicular Choriocarcinoma with Dermatological, Brain, and Gastrointestinal Metastases
title_short Pure Testicular Choriocarcinoma with Dermatological, Brain, and Gastrointestinal Metastases
title_sort pure testicular choriocarcinoma with dermatological, brain, and gastrointestinal metastases
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6168053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30324039
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3083
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