Case report: metastatic malignant testicular teratoma of the thymus.
Metastasis of malignant testicular teratoma to numerous sites is recognized and thymic hypertrophy following chemotherapy is frequently seen. The finding of metastatic malignant testicular teratoma in the thymus described here illustrates a further cause of thymic enlargement in this group of patients, which has not been previously reported.
Phillips
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Department of Radiology, Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, London, UK.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D013724:Teratoma / Q000556:secondary*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed