[Testicular choriocarcinoma presenting as cutaneous metastasis. A case report and review of the literature].
Choriocarcinoma are germinal tumors from testicular cells in men or foetal trophoblast in women. Cutaneous metastasis are very rare. The authors report a case of angioma-like tumor in a 22-year-old man which was a cutaneous metastasis of a testicular carcinoma. Diagnosis was of course histologic. Testicular echography showed an intra testicular tumor, pulmonary and abdominal CT-scan showed multiple metastases. Orchidectomy and retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy were performed before a general chemotherapy. Patient died 14 months after diagnosis. Only 11 cases of cutaneous metastasis of choriocarcinoma were found in the world literature (7 men and 4 women). All cases showed diagnosis trap for plastic surgeon.
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Service de chirurgie maxillofaciale, CHU de Lyon-Nord, hôpitaux du Nord, 93, Grande-Rue-de-La-Croix-Rousse, 69002 Lyon, France.
Torossian
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Geha
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Lebreton
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Beziat
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D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D009919:Orchiectomy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed