Spermatic cord metastases from gastric cancer with elevation of serum hCG-beta: a case report.
Spermatic cord metastases from gastric cancer are rare. We here document a case involving a gastric cancer that mimicked primary testicular tumor because of elevation of the serum human chorionic gonadotropin-beta (hCG-beta). The possibility of metastasis or recurrence of prior malignancies should therefore be considered when the clinical features described here are encountered, although elevation of hCG-beta is rare with tumors other than those in testis.
Ota
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Department of Urology, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Japan. tota-k@komagome-hospital.bunkyo.tokyo.jp
Shinohara
M
M
Tanaka
M
M
Date
Y
Y
Itakura
H
H
Munakata
A
A
Kinoshita
K
K
Hishima
T
T
Koike
M
M
Kitamura
M
M
D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000097:blood*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000737:chemistry / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013085:Spermatic Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis
D015415:Biomarkers; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human