Open AccessGrowing Teratoma Syndrome: A Rare Outcome
Author(s) -
João Rebelo,
Francisco Moreira,
Margarida Morgado,
Ana Sofia Preto,
António J. Madureira
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
case reports in urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-696X
pISSN - 2090-6978
DOI - 10.1155/2021/8884787
Subject(s) - medicine , teratoma , germ cell , pathology , mature teratoma , ovarian teratoma , germ cell tumors , surgery , biology , chemotherapy , biochemistry , gene
Growing teratoma syndrome is a rare condition described in both testicular and ovarian cancer. We present a case of a 26-year-old male with known mixed germ cell tumor which exhibited new and progressive secondary lesions during imaging surveillance, later to be histologically characterized as teratomas.
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