Spermatocytic seminoma is an extremely rare clinically and pathologically distinct subtype of testicular cancer that infrequently metastasizes and typically yields a good prognosis.
While retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy in the typical testicular cancer patient often harbors metastatic disease, in a patient with spermatocytic seminoma this finding should be viewed with suspicion, and pathologic confirmation of metastatic disease is essential. We present a 49-year-old man with spermatocytic seminoma and retroperitoneal and mesenteric lymphadenopathy who was found to have concurrent low-grade lymphoma.
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Sharmeen F, Rosenthal MH, Howard SA. Are you the author?
Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Reference: Clin Imaging. 2013 Nov 19. pii: S0899-7071(13)00289-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2013.11.006
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24361173
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