title: Bilateral metachronous testicular germ cell tumors occurring in two non-twin brothers. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hannover University Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kuczyk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bokemeyer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Djamilian
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Thon
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Höfner
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Jonas
mesh_terms: 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*