Erschienen in:
28.09.2016 | Case Report
Colon Obstruction as an Isolated Late Gastrointestinal Metastasis of Testicular Seminoma
verfasst von:
Nikolaos S. Salemis, Georgios Boubousis, Christos Liatsos, Georgios Nakos, Ilias Katikaridis, Nikolaos Tsoukalas
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Ausgabe 2/2018
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Excerpt
Testicular germ cell tumors (GCTs) are rare neoplasms accounting for 1–2 % of all malignancies in men and represent the most common solid tumors in men between 15 and 35 years of age [
1]. Histologically, they are classified into seminoma and non-seminoma subtypes [
2]. Most recurrences of GCTs develop within the first 2 years after initial treatment [
3] Late relapse has been defined as relapse in the absence of contralateral tumor more than 2 years after a complete response to initial treatment and its reported incidence is 3–4 % [
3]. The retroperitoneum is the most common site of late relapse [
3]. Gastrointestinal tract metastasis of testicular tumors is a rare occurrence [
1,
2]. We describe here a very rare case of relapse of a pure seminoma, 12 years after the initial treatment, in a patient who presented with sigmoid colon obstruction. …
