title: Testicular choriocarcinoma metastatic to skin and multiple organs. Two case reports and review of literature.
abstract: Two cases of males with subcutaneous masses as the first clinical sign of testicular choriocarcinoma are reported. The urine and serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) test confirmed high level hCG from male choriocarcinoma. These cases, although very rare, can be a great diagnostic and therapeutic challenge and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of subcutaneous masses occurring in young males.
authors.affiliation: The 1st Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. xchen006@odu.edu
authors.forename: Xinhua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Linjie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xinmei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Shusen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000556:secondary* / Q000652:urine; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000556:secondary* / Q000652:urine; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin