Orchitis reveals an extragonadal primary mediastinal thymic seminoma: a coincidence or not?

Abstract Background Mediastinal thymic seminomas are rare male germ cell tumors with extragonadal origin that appear predominately with a cystic appearance. Case presentation A 22-year-old male was referred to our department for further investigation of a mediastinal mass discovered incidentally dur...

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Main Authors: Athanasios Tampakis, Ekaterini Christina Tampaki, Christos Damaskos, Themistoklis Feretis, Irene Thymara, Konstantinos Kontzoglou, Periklis Tomos, Gregory Kouraklis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-017-1146-z