An autopsy case of primary mixed choriocarcinoma and mature teratoma located in the thymic region associated with elevated human chorionic gonadotropin levels and characteristic testicular changes

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-53

  Yuri, Takashi ^a   Shimano, Naoto ^a   Ohashi, Yasuhiro ^b   Miki, Katsuaki ^a   Tsukamoto, Reiko ^a   Tsubura, Airo ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shin kyouwa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Leydig cell; Mature teratoma; Mediastinum; Mixed germ cell tumor; Sertoli cell

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MIXED TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS DISEASE; THYMUS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BLOOD; FATALITY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AUTOPSY; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA; TESTIS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33744754106     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-006-0305-z     Document Type: Article

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