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Abdominal Pain as a Presenting Symptom of Male Germ Cell Tumour
Author(s) -
HOGAN PATRICIA,
SMEDLEY H.,
SIKORA K.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1985.tb06423.x
Subject(s) - abdominal pain , medicine , germ cell , differential diagnosis , oncology , pathology , biology , biochemistry , gene
Summary— Twenty‐three patients who presented with abdominal pain and were found to have germ cell tumours have been reviewed. The overall survival of these patients was no different from the survival of those presenting with testicular swellings. Intra‐abdominal germ cell tumour remains an important differential diagnosis of abdominal pain in men.