1. Growing Teratoma Syndrome: A Rare Outcome
- Author
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Francisco Moreira, António J. Madureira, Joao Rebelo, Ana Sofia Preto, and Margarida Morgado
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endocrine system ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,endocrine system diseases ,Growing teratoma syndrome ,Mixed Germ Cell Tumor ,business.industry ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Case Report ,General Medicine ,urologic and male genital diseases ,medicine.disease ,Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology ,female genital diseases and pregnancy complications ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Text mining ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,medicine ,RC870-923 ,Ovarian cancer ,business - 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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- 2021