Bilateral metachronous testicular germ cell tumors occurring in two non-twin brothers. Case report and review of the literature.
We report here the familial occurrence of bilateral testicular germ cell tumors in 2 non-twin brothers, developing after an interval of 16 and 4 years, respectively. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the occurrence of metachronous and bilateral testicular tumors in non-twin brothers.
Kuczyk
M A
MA
Department of Urology, Hannover University Medical School, Germany.
Bokemeyer
C
C
Djamilian
M
M
Thon
W F
WF
Höfner
K
K
Jonas
U
U
D000328:Adult; D018236:Carcinoma, Embryonal / Q000235:genetics; D018237:Germinoma / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000235:genetics*; D018239:Seminoma / Q000235:genetics; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*