A case of metastatic testicular cancer complicated by tumour lysis syndrome and choriocarcinoma syndrome

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 665-667

  Kawai, Koji ^a   Takaoka, Ei Ichiro ^a   Naoi, Makito ^a   Mori, Kensaku ^a   Minami, Manabu ^a   Shimazui, Toru ^a   Akaza, Hideyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma syndrome; Testicular cancer; Tumour lysis syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; BICARBONATE; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; TESTIS CANCER; THORACOTOMY; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CISPLATIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETOPOSIDE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SEMINOMA; TAXOIDS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

EID: 33750692697     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyl078     Document Type: Article

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