Retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma associated with an elevated β-HCG serum level mimicking extragonadal germ cell tumor

Sarcoma

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 179-181

  Froehner, Michael ^a   Gaertner, Hans Juergen ^a   Manseck, Andreas ^a   Oehlschlaeger, Sven ^a   Wirth, Manfred P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extragonadal; Germ cell tumor; Leiomyosarcoma; Retroperitoneal; Sarcoma; human chorionic gonadotropin

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0034534198     PISSN: 1357714X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2000/501959     Document Type: Article

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