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CASE REPORT article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Gynecological Oncology
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1427341
This article is part of the Research Topic Management of Rare Oncological Cases View all 25 articles

Testicular choriocarcinoma with pelvic and pulmonary metastases: a case report

Provisionally accepted

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    Testicular tumors represent a common form of solid tumor in young men, with choriocarcinoma of the testis being a rare, non-granulomatous germ cell tumor. It accounts for less than 0.3% of all testicular germ cell tumors. Pelvic and pulmonary metastases originating from testicular choriocarcinoma are exceptionally uncommon in men. This study describes a case of a 27-year-old male diagnosed with testicular choriocarcinoma, presenting initially with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.Furthermore, this review encompasses cases of testicular choriocarcinoma in individuals aged 30 years and below, both in China and internationally, over the past 20 years.

    Keywords: Testicular choriocarcinoma, Pelvic metastases, Lung metastases, Genital examination, Retroperitoneal mass

    Received: 03 May 2024; Accepted: 02 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Bai, Liu, Liang, Li, shan and Tang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Jian m. Tang, First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

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