[Testicular metastasis of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma: clinical case of a 19-year-old man].
The authors report a case of a 19-year-old man with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with an unusual clinical presentation. The diagnosis was established on lymph node biopsy performed on admission of the patient in a context simulating leukaemia. The patient achieved complete remission in response to high-dose chemotherapy. A recurrence in the form of an intratesticular metastasis demonstrated a periorbital tumour that was probably the primary tumour. The authors present the radiological and histological findings and a molecular biology study of the testicular metastasis, eliminating a primary testicular tumour.
Medioni
Jacques
J
Centre d'Investigations Cliniques, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1, avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010, Paris. jacques.medioni@sls.ap-hop-paris.fr
Fernandez-Bruno
Plinio
P
Meignin
Véronique
V
Bourrier
Pierre
P
Laurence
Valérie
V
Ramdani
Mohammed
M
Dupuy-Grasset
Magali
M
Cottu
Paul
P
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*