[Differentiated metastasis of mature testicular teratoma as differential kidney and adrenal tumor diagnosis].
We report on the eighth known case of a mature metastasis of a mature teratoma of the testis. In a 19-year-old patient who had undergone a pyeloplasty of the left renal pelvis 6 years before, a mature metastasis of an occult mature teratoma of the testis was found at the former operation site. This case--in addition to those published previously--emphasizes the fact that a mature teratoma of the testis has to be regarded as a malignant tumor in adults. It is supposed that the mature teratoma originates, as other testicular tumors, from carcinoma-in-situ-cells, which are responsible for metastasize and are not detected after lysis.
Anding
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Abteilung für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Kreiskrankenhaus Lüdenscheid.
Ebert
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Böhm
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Walz
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009919:Orchiectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000601:surgery