title: Disseminated lung cancer or extragonadal germ cell tumour?
abstract: Two patients are reported in whom an initial diagnosis of disseminated non small cell bronchogenic carcinoma was subsequently changed into a final diagnosis of extragonadal germ cell tumour. The clinical importance of the differential diagnosis between these two malignancies is highlighted and the management of extragonadal germ cell tumours is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wouters
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Meerbeeck
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dirix
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van Marck
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vermeire
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Oosterom
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis