Extragonadal germ cell tumor invading the prostate.
To our knowledge, only 3 patients with an extragonadal germ cell tumor of the prostate have been described in the literature until now. We here present a patient with a germ cell tumor arising in the retroperitoneum, invading the prostate, which was successfully treated by a combination of chemotherapy and nonmutilating surgery.
de la Rosette
J J
JJ
Department of Urology, St. Radboud Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Debruyne
F M
FM
D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*