An unusual case of retroperitoneal seminoma and fatal peliosis of the liver.
We report an unusual case of fatal peliosis of the liver, spleen and lymph nodes in a 37-year-old man who had previously been treated for retroperitoneal seminoma with surgery and radiotherapy. The current hypotheses for the pathogenesis of peliosis are reviewed and discussed.
Engel
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Department of Pathology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jacobsen
G K
GK
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010382:Peliosis Hepatis / Q000473:pathology*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000473:pathology