Colonic adenocarcinoma metastasizing as a germ cell neoplasm: a case report and review of the literature.
Mixed tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, including both adenocarcinoma and germ cell neoplasm, have been reported infrequently. In the colon, only 9 cases, to our knowledge, have been described in the English-language literature. This is the case of a 29-year-old man with an unsuspected mixed colonic neoplasm that metastasized as the germ cell component.
Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Hospital, M5240 Medical Sciences I, 1301 Catherine Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0602, USA. petricek@umich.edu
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018240:Endodermal Sinus Tumor / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*