Diffuse metastasized testicular teratoma and paraneoplastic thyreotoxicosis. Case report and literature review

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 265-267

  Derakhshani, P ^a   Klotz, T ^b   Heidenreich, A ^b   Engelmann, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hyperthyroidism; Paraneoplastic; Testicular neoplasm; Thyreotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CARBIMAZOLE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; SODIUM PERCHLORATE; THYROID HORMONE; TUMOR MARKER; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS TERATOMA; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0343851538     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030466     Document Type: Article

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