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Urethral metastasis from primary embryonal carcinoma of testis - The first case report

Authors :
Amir Reza Abedi
Azadeh Rakhshan
Hamid Reza Mirzaei
Saleh Ghiasy
Farzad Allameh
Jalil Hosseini
Source :
Urology Case Reports, Vol 36, Iss , Pp 101572- (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2021.

Abstract

A 34-year-old man presented with bloody urethral discharge, dysuria, cough and right testicular mass. He had a history of anterior urethral stricture and multiple urethral dilation procedures. Radical orchiectomy and urethral mass biopsy were performed. The pathologist reported both of specimens revealed embryonal carcinoma. Abdominal and chest CT scan showed multiple metastasis. chemotherapy was started with the Bleomycin, Etoposide, and Cisplatin (BEP) regimen and this cycle was repeated every 3 weeks up to four times. Unfortunately, this patient died of brain metastasis.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22144420
Volume :
36
Issue :
101572-
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Urology Case Reports
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.15b92010e5cd41a1815f71de3fef6b74
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101572