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Peritoneal carcinomatosis in refractory seminoma
Author(s) -
ABE TAKASHIGE,
SHINOHARA NOBUO,
HARABAYASHI TOHRU,
TSUCHIYA KUNIHIKO,
SUZUKI SHIN,
ITOH TOMOO,
SEKI TOSHIMORI,
TOGASHI MASAKI,
OMURA KATSUYA,
KOYANAGI TOMOHIKO
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2003.00760.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ascites , seminoma , abdominal distension , chemotherapy , metastasis , refractory (planetary science) , surgery , cancer , physics , astrobiology
Intraperitoneal metastasis from a testicular germ cell tumor is very rare. We report a case in a 33‐year‐old man who was referred to Hokkaido University Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan, for further therapy for refractory seminoma. Physical examination revealed abdominal distension as a result of ascites, and cytology of the ascites showed seminoma cells. Although the ascites completely disappeared after treatment with a novel regimen of irinotecan‐based chemotherapy, the patient had a recurrence of ascites and died of progressive disease 5 months after the start of the therapy.