title: Disseminated retroperitoneal choriocarcinoma with open fistula to intestine. "Restitutio ad integrum" with chemotherapy alone.
abstract: We hereby present a clinical case of a germinal tumour with a pulmonary and retroperitoneal dissemination in form of a great adenopathic mass that fistulizes into the duodenum, that obtained a complete resolution with chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelonam, Spain.
authors.forename: Jaume
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Capdevila
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maroto
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sainz
authors.forename: Humberto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Villavicencio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000150:complications; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012074:Remission Induction; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D012907:Smoking; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D005047:Etoposide; D002945:Cisplatin