Primary mediastinal seminoma. Report of three cases
Tunisie Medicale [La]. 2007; 85 (1): 74-77
in French
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ABSTRACT
Primary mediastinal seminomas [PMS] are rare tumors that are morphologically similar to their testicular counterparts but may have different biologic behavior due to their particular anatomical location. New cases report of PMS. Three new cases of primary mediastinal seminoma are presented. The patients were men aged of 16, 33 and 47 years. Their clinical symptoms included cough, dyspnea, chest pain and superior vena cava syndrome. None of the patients had a previous history of testicular neoplasm or tumor elsewhere. Mediastinoscopie biopsy was performed and histological examination results revealed a seminoma. Immunohistochemical showed membranous staining with placental alkaline phosphatase in the three cases. Chemotherapy has largely replaced surgical resection and radiotherapy as the initial treatment in patients with mediastinal seminoma
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
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Mediastinal Neoplasms
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
French
Journal:
Tunisie Med.
Year:
2007
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