An unusual presentation of testicular cancer.
We report two rare cases of patients presenting with unusual symptoms, which led to the diagnosis of a germ cell tumor. Metastatic germ cell tumor of testis involving the gastrointestinal tract and causing the occult gastrointestinal bleeding is described in the first case. The second patient is reported to have limbic encephalitis with positive serum for Ma2 antibodies (antibodies against neuronal proteins) and parallel malignant germ cell tumor diagnosis (Fig. 4, Scheme 2, Ref. 12). Full Text (Free, PDF) www.bmj.sk.
Department of Clinical Oncology, St. Elizabeth Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia. bibianakrakovska@gmail.com
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D020363:Limbic Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology