title: Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the right arm: description of the first case in the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Extragonadal localization of germ cell tumors (GCTs) is rare; to the best of our knowledge, a location in the soft tissue of the arm has never been previously reported in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 37-year-old man who presented with a primary malignant mixed non-seminomatous GCT (teratocarcinoma variety) in the right arm, treated by a combination of cisplatin-based chemotherapy and surgery. After 18 months of close follow-up, no locoregional recurrence or distant metastases have been detected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A combination of chemotherapy and surgery is the most appropriate treatment strategy for extragonadal GCTs, to ensure both local and systemic control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, National Institute of Oncology, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Hicham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ait Benali
authors.forename: Lssam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lalya
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allaoui
authors.forename: Aniss
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benmansour
authors.forename: Basma
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Elkhanoussi
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benjelloun
authors.forename: Noureddine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Benjaafar
authors.forename: Mourad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elyaacoubi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*