title: Thoracotomy in re-staging germinal testis tumors.
abstract: In 3 patients undergoing therapy for germinal testis tumors (teratoma with choriocarcinoma, seminoma and teratocarcinoma) solitary pulmonary lesions developed consistent with metastatic tumor. After non-diagnostic medical pulmonary evaluation thoracotomy established benign lesions in each (sarcoidosis, Cryptococcus and postoperative inflammatory cyst). Surgical pathologic restaging to obviate the institution of unnecessary chemotherapy and/or radiation with its attended morbidity in such instances is stressed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms