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Primary malignant retroperitoneal germ cell tumour presenting with accelerated hypertension
L J Restrick1, J A Ledermann, B I Hoffbrand
1Department of Medicine, Whittington Hospital, London, UK.
Journal of Human Hypertension
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
A 42 year old man presented with accelerated hypertension and an abdominal mass that proved to be a primary malignant retroperitoneal germ cell tumour involving renal vessels. The hypertension resolved with chemotherapy. To our knowledge this is the first case of a primary malignant retroperitoneal germ cell tumour to present with accelerated hypertension.