Growing Teratoma Syndrome: A Rare Outcome.
Case Rep Urol 2021;
2021:8884787. [PMID:
33489412 PMCID:
PMC7801081 DOI:
10.1155/2021/8884787]
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Abstract
Growing teratoma syndrome is a rare condition described in both testicular and ovarian cancer. We present a case of a 26-year-old male with known mixed germ cell tumor which exhibited new and progressive secondary lesions during imaging surveillance, later to be histologically characterized as teratomas.
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