Mesenteric lymphadenopathy in testicular germ cell tumor - Abstract

In approximately 25% of patients with testicular germ cell tumor (GCT), the cancer metastasizes to lymph nodes and distant organs. The initial lymphatic drainage site of GCTs is the retroperitoneum. GCTs rarely involve mesenteric lymph nodes. In this study, we report a case of a 32-year-old male patient with GCT and associated mesenteric lymphadenopathy.

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Djaladat H1, Movassaghi K1, Ahmadi H1, Nichols CR2, Daneshmand S3   Are you the author?
1Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 2Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA. 3Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: .

Reference: Urology. 2014 Jan 10 (Epub ahead of print)
doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.11.003


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PMID: 24418390

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