TY - JOUR
T1 - Primitive neuroectodermal tumor transformation of testicular teratoma
AU - Karatzas, Anastasios
AU - Papadopoulos, Vasileios
AU - Katsiouli, Vagianna
AU - Pisters, Louis
AU - Papandreou, Christos
AU - Tzortzis, Vassilios
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Germ cell tumor
KW - malignant transformation of teratoma
KW - primitive neuroectodermal tumor
KW - retroperitoneal lymph node dissection
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U2 - 10.4103/UA.UA_182_17
DO - 10.4103/UA.UA_182_17
M3 - Article
C2 - 30386097
AN - SCOPUS:85054995584
SN - 0974-7796
VL - 10
SP - 413
EP - 415
JO - Urology Annals
JF - Urology Annals
IS - 4
ER -