Gastrointestinal bleeding as the first manifestation of a burned-out tumour of the testis.
We discuss the clinical presentation and course of the disease of a 25-year-old male who had gastrointestinal (GIT) symptoms secondary to retroperitoneal lymph node proliferation of a germ-cell tumour of the testis. The pathology evaluation of the orchiectomy specimen classified it as a burned-out tumour of the testis, given the lack of tumour elements and the presence of typical scarring tissue. Biological is-sues leading to tumour regression are discussed, as well.
Castillo
Cecilia
C
Clinical Oncology Department, Clínicas Hospital, University of the Republic, School of Medicine, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Krygier
Gabriel
G
Carzoglio
Julio
J
Cepellini Magariños
Raúl
R
Cepellini Olmos
Raúl
R
Jubín
Juan
J
Sabini
Graciela
G
D000328:Adult; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*