Case report: cystic fibrosis and embryonal carcinoma of the testis.
The authors describe a patient with cystic fibrosis and a stage III testicular embryonal cell cancer. Because cystic fibrosis occurs in approximately 1 of 2,500 births and embryonal carcinoma in 3 of 100,000, the likelihood of concurrence for both disorders in the same patient is approximately 1 in 80 million. Involvement of the vas deferens in cystic fibrosis raises the possibility of a fundamental embryologic basis that explains the pathogenesis of this association.
Milunsky
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Center for Human Genetics, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D018236:Carcinoma, Embryonal / Q000150:complications* / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology