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Teratoma Generation in the Testis Capsule
Published on: November 7, 2011
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor transformation of testicular teratoma
Anastasios Karatzas1, Vasileios Papadopoulos2, Vagianna Katsiouli2
1Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Abstract:
Malignant transformation of teratoma develops in a small subset of testis cancer patients. Primitive neuroectodermal tumor represents a highly malignant component of testicular germ cell tumors. It is a rare clinical entity which is characterized by a high risk of disease progression and death. Surgical resection plus chemotherapy appears to be the therapy of choice.
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