Testicular seminoma with human chorionic gonadotropin production

Pathology International

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 592-599

  Hori, Kazutoshi ^a,b   Uematsu, Kunio ^a,b   Yasoshima, Hitoshi ^a   Yamada, Akihiko ^a   Sakurai, Kazunari ^a,b   Ohya, Munehiko ^b  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotropin; Lactic acid dehydrogenase; Neoplasm metastasis; Prognosis; Seminoma; Syncytiotrophoblastic giant cell; Testis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030771697     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb04547.x     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Mann K, Siddle K. Evidence for free beta-subunit secretion in so-called human chorionic gonadotropin-positive seminoma. Cancer 1988; 62: 2378-2382.
2. Morgan DAL, Caillaud JM, Bellet D, Eschwege F. Gonadotrophin-producing seminoma: A distinct category of germ cell neoplasm. Clin. Radiol. 1982; 33: 149-153.
3. Mencel PJ, Motzer RJ, Mazumdar M, Vlamis V, Bajorin DF, Bosl GJ. Advanced seminoma: Treatment results, survival, and prognostic factors in 142 patients. J. Clin. Oncol. 1994; 12: 120-126.
4. Paus E, Fosså SD, Risberg T, Nustad K. The diagnostic value of human chorionic gonadotrophin in patients with testicular seminoma. Br. J. Urol. 1987; 59: 572-577.
5. Fosså A, Fosså SD. Serum lactate dehydrogenase and human choriogonadotrophin in seminoma. Br. J. Urol. 1989; 63: 408-415.
6. Nørgaard-Pedersen B, Schultz HP, Arends J et al. Tumour markers in testicular germ cell tumours: Five-year experience from the DATECA study 1976-1980. Acta Radiol. Oncol. 1984; 23: 287-294.
7. Swartz DA, Johnson DE, Hussey DH. Should an elevated human chorionic gonadotropin titer alter therapy for seminoma? J. Urol. 1984; 131: 63-65.
8. Mumperow E, Hartmann M. Spermatic cord β-human chorionic gonadotropin levels in seminoma and their clinical implications. J. Urol. 1992; 147: 1041-1043.
9. Mirimanoff RO, Shipley WU, Dosoretz DE, Meyer JE. Pure seminoma of the testis: The results of radiation therapy in patients with elevated human chorionic gonadotropin titers. J. Urol. 1985; 134: 1124-1126.
10. Mirimanoff RO, Sinzig M, Krüger M et al. Prognosis of human chorionic gonadotropin-producing seminoma treated by postoperative radiotherapy. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 1993; 27: 17-23.
11. Mauch P, Weichselbaum R, Botnick L. The significance of positive chorionic gonadotropins in apparently pure seminoma of the testis. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 1979; 5: 887-889.
12. Dieckmann KP, Düe W, Bauer HW. Seminoma testis with elevated serum beta-HCG: A category of germ-cell cancer between seminoma and non-seminoma. Int. Urol. Nephrol. 1989; 21: 175-184.
13. Javadpour N, McIntire KR, Waldmann TA, Bergman SM The role of alpha-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotropin in seminoma. J. Urol. 1978; 120: 687-690.
14. Javadpour N, McIntire KR, Waldmann TA. Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in sera and tumor cells of patients with testicular seminoma: A prospective study. Cancer 1978; 42: 2768-2772.
15. Ford TF, Butcher DN, Samuell CT, Masters JRW, Parkinson MC, Oliver RTD. Serum and tissue tumour markers in seminomas. Br. J. Urol. 1985; 57: 750-754.
16. Rüther U, Rothe B, Grunert K et al. Role of human chorionic gonadotropin in patients with pure seminoma. Eur. Urol. 1994; 26: 129-133.
17. Dunzendorfer U, Jurincic C. Quantification of alpha-fetoprotein and beta-HCG in testis tumor patients. Urol. Int. 1987; 42: 248-253.
18. Fukutani K, Yokoyama M, Mohri N. Increased human chorionic gonadotropin levels in spermatic vein blood of seminoma patients. Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 1982; 12: 181-186.
19. Weissbach L, Bussar-Maatz R. HCG-positive seminoma. Eur. Urol. 1993; 23(Suppl. 2): S29-S32.
20. Madersbacher S, Kratzik C, Gerth R, Dirnhofer S, Berger P. Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and its free subunits in hydrocele fluids and neoplastic tissue of testicular cancer patients: Insights into the in vivo hCG secretion pattern. Cancer Res. 1994; 54: 5096-5100.
21. Hori K, Uematsu K, Yasoshima H, Sakurai K, Yamada A. Contribution of cell proliferative activity to malignancy potential in testicular seminoma. Pathol. Int. 1997; 47: 282-287.
22. Morinaga S, Ojima M, Sasano N. Human chorionic gonadotropin and alpha-fetoprotein in testicular germ cell tumors: An immunohistochemical study in comparison with tissue concentrations. Cancer 1983; 52: 1281-1289.
23. Mostofi FK. Pathology of germ cell tumors of testis: A progress report. Cancer 1980; 45: 1735-1754.
24. Butcher DN, Gregory WM, Gunter PA, Masters JRW, Parkinson MC. The biological and clinical significance of HCG-containing cells in seminoma. Br. J. Cancer 1985; 51: 473-478.
25. von Hochstetter AR, Sigg C, Saremaslani P, Hedinger C. The significance of giant cells in human testicular seminomas: A clinico-pathological study. Virchows Arch. A Pathol. Anat. Histopathol. 1985; 407: 309-322.
26. Bredael JJ, Vugrin D, Whitmore WF. Autopsy findings in 154 patients with germ cell tumors of the testis. Cancer 1982; 50: 548-551.