Symptomatic renal metastasis from testicular cancer.
The clinical course of a patient who presented with a massive left renal metastasis from testicular carcinoma is described. Treatment with cisplatin-based chemotherapy produced a dramatic response. Symptomatic renal metastases from testicular cancer are rare and may be reflective of a high tumor burden or refractory disease.
Kramer
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Division of Medical Oncology, Highland Hospital, Rochester, New York 14620.
Smith
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*