Placental site trophoblastic tumor in a late recurrence of a nonseminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 830-833

  Suurmeijer, Albert J H ^a   Gietema, Jourik A ^a   Hoekstra, Harald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Nonseminomatous; Testis

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; ORCHIECTOMY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SYMPTOM; TESTIS TUMOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; LINDANE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR, PLACENTAL SITE;

EID: 2542441801     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000126053.88174.b5     Document Type: Article

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