Germ cell tumor with duodenal involvement: a rare case of gastrointestinal bleeding

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2024 Feb;116(2):118-119. doi: 10.17235/reed.2022.9327/2022.

Abstract

A 19-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a 7-day history of melena, anorexia and asthenia. Blood tests revealed a hemoglobin of 5.8 g/dL. Upper endoscopy showed a large ulcerated and stenosing lesion in the duodenum. The histologic examination of the biopsy specimen showed a neoplasia with epithelioid cells, accentuated atypia and pleomorphism, expressing MNF 116 cytokeratin, CD30, glypican 3 and alpha-fetoprotein on immunohistochemistry, suggesting of a germ cell tumor metastasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Duodenal Neoplasms* / complications
  • Duodenal Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Duodenal Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Duodenum / pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melena / etiology
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal* / complications
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal* / diagnostic imaging
  • Young Adult