Współczesna Onkologia

Abstract

1/2013 vol. 17
Case report

Isolated retroperitoneal mixed germ cell tumor presenting as acute abdomen – case report

Wspolczesna Onkol 2013; 17 (1): 94–96
Online publish date: 2013/03/15
View full text
Confronting perimenopausal women’s knowledge of coronary heart disease with their health behaviours. Controversial role of hormone replacement therapy in the protection of coronary heart disease
Extragonadal germ cell tumors are an uncommon clinical entity. Their prevalence varies between 1 and 5% of all germ cell tumors. Approximately 85–90% of cases have metastatic changes at the time of diagnosis. In our article we would like to present a case of an 18-year-old patient who was admitted to the hospital due to acute abdominal symptoms. A day earlier, the patient suffered blunt abdominal trauma during workout. Post-traumatic changes, which were described after admission in computed tomography, intraoperatively proved to be masses of extraperitoneal tumor.
Share
without publication fees