Non-seminomatous testicular metastasis mimicking acute appendicitis.
This is the first report in the literature of a non-seminomatous metastasis from an occult testicular primary that presented as an acute appendicitis. The report highlights the necessity of testicular re-imaging in cases of occult malignancy and reviews the association of chromosome 12 with embryonal germ cell tumours.
Beddy
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Department of Surgery and Histopathology, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. pbeddy@eircom.net
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Crotty
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Keane
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D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*