Intracardiac teratoma 15 years after treatment of a nonseminomatous germ cell tumor.
A patient presented to our center with a 15-year history of medical, surgical and radiation treatment for a nonseminomatous germ cell tumor and contralateral seminoma. He experienced a cerebral infarction, which led to the diagnosis of an intracardiac tumor. The tumor was resected and found to be a mature teratoma. We discuss the diagnosis and management of this unusual metastatic nonseminomatous germ cell cancer.
Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021.
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D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013997:Time Factors