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A case of cervical spinal mass with cord compression and rib bone metastasis from presumably burned-out seminomatous testicular germ cell tumor

Alexander H. Wu¹, Supreet Kaur², Sharon Peng², Ashima Kapoor¹, Michael Maroules²

1 Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
2 Department of Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine, St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Alexander H. Wu, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503 USA

Canadian Journal of Urology 2019, 26(3), 9799-9801.

Abstract

Most germ cell tumors are located in the gonads however there are instances where these tumors are located elsewhere in which are termed extragonadal germ cell tumors. When primary lesion of the testicular tumor has regressed, the term “burned-out testicular tumor” has been proposed. We herein report the first case of burned-out seminoma of the testis presenting as a cervical spinal mass causing cord compression with bone metastasis.

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