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