Concurrent development of testicular seminoma and choriocarcinoma of the superior mediastinum, presented as cervical mass: A case report and implications about pathogenesis of germ-cell tumours

BMC Clinical Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mountzios, Giannis ^a,b   Pavlakis, George ^b   Terpos, Evangelos ^b   Sakorafas, George ^b   Revelos, Kyriakos ^b   Bamias, Aristotelis ^a   Nikolaou, Nikolaos ^b   Papasavas, Pantelis ^b   Soria, Jean Charles ^c   Dimopoulos, Meletios Athanasios ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b 251 GENERAL AIR FORCE HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEMINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33845477275     PISSN: 14726890     EISSN: 14726890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6890-6-8     Document Type: Article

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