Very late relapse of germ cell tumor as a teratoma: A case report and review of the literature

Waddah Arafat; Costantine Albany; Thomas M. Ulbright; Richard Foster; Lawrence H. Einhorn

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Very late relapse of germ cell tumor as a teratoma: A case report and review of the literature

Waddah Arafat, Costantine Albany, Thomas M. Ulbright, Richard Foster, Lawrence H. Einhorn

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Very late relapses of germ cell tumors (GCTs) are rare. There are few reports of relapses occurring beyond 20 years of initial treatment. Here we describe a case of a very late relapse of Stage I testicular non-seminomatous germ cell tumor 27 years after orchiectomy. The relapse presented as a retroperitoneal mass in the precaval lymph nodes with negative tumor markers. It was resected and pathology confirmed it as metastatic teratoma. This case emphasizes the importance of lifelong surveillance for patients with GCTs.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	rju051
Journal	Journal of Surgical Case Reports
Volume	2014
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju051
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

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