title: [Retroperitoneal germ cell tumor].
abstract: We report a case of retroperitoneal extragonadal germ-cell tumor in an 17 years old patient who presented with aedema and pain in left inferior extremity asociated with hemopthysis caused by pulmonar metastasis, who was treated with chemotherapy and resection of residual mass and pulmonary nodes. Dyagnosis was stableshed by fine neadle aspiration biopsy of the wass. We comment on the difficult of stableshing differential dyagnosis between retroperitoneal extragonadal germ-cell tumor and metastasis of a testicular tumor. Dyagnosis is stableshed by the finding of a histologically malignant germ-cell tumor with normal testis. We considered physical examination and ecographyc exploration enough for a correct dyagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borrell Palanca
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García Garzón
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Villamón Fort
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Domenech Pérez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez Lorente
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gunthner
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García Sisamón
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018237:Germinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Tumor de células germinales retroperitoneal.