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.
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Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Hospital, M5240 Medical Sciences I, 1301 Catherine Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0602, USA. petricek@umich.edu
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*