title: Retroperitoneal mixed germ cell tumor mimicking a renal neoplasm: a case report.
abstract: Retroperitoneal malignant germ cell tumors (GCTs) are rare and of uncertain origin. Almost all retroperitoneal GCTs with seminomatous histology have been reported in male patients. Pediatric hypertension in a girl secondary to a retroperitoneal mixed GCT (dysgerminoma plus mature monodermal teratoma) has not been reported previously in the literature. We present the first case of an 11-year-old girl with a retroperitoneal mixed GCT presenting with hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ting-Fu
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Cheng-Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Seng-Tang
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shin-Nan
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Hong-Hau
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hsin-Chung
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chih-Kung
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*