Case report: metastatic germ cell tumor presenting with thromboembolism and bilateral pneumothorax.
Germ cell tumors usually present with symptoms that are attributed to their location. This article describes a patient who had an extragonadal tumor that was not discovered until he experienced several tumor-related complications.
Cook
M A
MA
Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's Medical Center of Richmond, Staten Island, NY 10310.
Phillips
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M
Elhosseiny
A
A
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000150:complications*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology*