Gastrointestinal tract metastasis in patients with germ-cell tumor of the testis. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A study of the incidence and clinical course of testicular germ-cell tumor metastatic to the gastrointestinal tract is presented. Gastrointestinal tract metastasis occurred in 25 cases, 5% of all patients evaluated with germ-cell tumor of the testis. Although embryonal carcinoma was the dominant component in all cases, element of choriocarcinoma were found in 20 cases and HCG was positive in 22 cases. Metastasis occurred most commonly by direct invasion from adjacent tumor. The most frequent site of gastrointestinal involvment was the proximal small intestine. Ivolvement of the duodenum was noted in seven cases. The most common gastrointestinal tract manifestations were intestinal obstruction and gastrointestinal bleeding. Although a variety of therapeutic modalities were tried, the average length of survival from the time of diagnosis of gastrointestinal metastasis to death was six months.

publication date

  • October 1, 1978

Research

keywords

  • Dysgerminoma
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
  • Testicular Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0018132940

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/BF01072468

PubMed ID

  • 568878

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 23

issue

  • 10