title: [Testicular choriocarcinoma with pure histological pattern. Necropsy study in a representative case].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Pure testicular choriocarcinoma is a relatively infrequent neoplasia with an ominous prognosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the necropsy study of a 21-year old male patient with generalized metastases of a primary pure testicular choriocarcinoma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The aggressiveness of this neoplasia is demonstrated by extensive tumor dissemination in early stages, in which testicular clinical manifestations are often absent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In front of any choriocarcinoma it is imperative to perform an extensive sampling of the lesion with the aim to detect possible foci of germ cell neoplasia which constitute a mixed pattern.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anatomia Patológica, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España. javiertorresgomez@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Torres Gómez
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Torres Olivera
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Díaz Delgado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*