[Testicular cancer metastatic to multiple organs including the stomach, kidneys, and skin: a case report]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2006 Apr;52(4):297-301.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 39-year-old man whose chief complaints were general fatigue and bloody phlegm was diagnosed with testicular cancer and underwent left high orchiectomy at an affiliated hospital. The histopathologic diagnosis was chorio carcinoma. Several imaging examinations revealed the metastases in the lung, liver, brain, stomach, kidneys and skin. In spite of various chemotherapies, he died 17 months after the operation. Skin metastasis of testicular cancer is very rare and this is the twelfth case reported in the world, to our knowledge. The significance of skin metastasis in testicular cancer is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary
  • Choriocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Choriocarcinoma / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Orchiectomy
  • Prognosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed