title: Spermatic cord metastases from gastric cancer with elevation of serum hCG-beta: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Japan. tota-k@komagome-hospital.bunkyo.tokyo.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Date
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itakura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Munakata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hishima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human