title: Retroperitoneal germ cell tumor in postmenopausal woman.
abstract: A fifty-four-year-old woman presented with right renal colic and three months later a retroperitoneal tumor was diagnosed. After explorative laparotomy with biopsy, which showed a germ cell tumor, the patient received external beam radiotherapy, but died of metastatic diffusion nine months later. We believe this is a rare occurrence of a germ cell tumor in a postmenopausal woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bertini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Selli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Villari
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barbagli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grechi
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003085:Colic / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy