Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor Exhibiting a Discrepancy between Tumor Markers and Imaging: A Case Study

Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor Exhibiting a Discrepancy between Tumor Markers and Imaging: A Case Study

We report a mediastinal germ cell tumor (GCT) that exhibited a discrepancy between the time course of serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels and clinical consequences. An otherwise healthy man, aged 34 years, was diagnosed with a nonseminomatous GCT, most likely embryonal carcinoma (EC), ba...

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Main Authors:	Kei Takenaka, Toru Mukohara, Chihoko Hirai, Yohei Funakoshi, Yukiko Nakamura, Naoko Chayahara, Masanori Toyoda, Naomi Kiyota, Tomoo Itoh, Hiroshi Yokozaki, Hironobu Minami
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Karger Publishers 2015-08-01
Series:	Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:	Nonseminomatous germ cell tumor Serum human chorionic gonadotropin Liver metastasis Matrix metalloproteinase-2
Online Access:	http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/438697

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