Successful surgical management of massive hemoretroperitoneum caused by spontaneous rupture of retroperitoneal lymph node metastases in a patient with advanced mixed germ cell tumor: a COVID-19 pandemic-related surgical challenge

Successful surgical management of massive hemoretroperitoneum caused by spontaneous rupture of retroperitoneal lymph node metastases in a patient with advanced mixed germ cell tumor: a COVID-19 pandemic-related surgical challenge

Abstract Background Spontaneous rapture of a germ cell tumor (GCT) metastases causing massive hemoretroperitoneum in a patient without choriocarcinoma component who has not received previous systemic chemotherapy is an exceedingly rare event. In such a devastating case scenario, a high index of clin...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Vasiliadis, Chrysanthi Simou, Anastasios Tzotzou, Nikolaos Kalinderis, Dimitrios Valoukas, Elsa Pazarli, Paulos Drakontaidis, Christos Papavasiliou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-02-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Testicular cancer
Retroperitoneal lymph node metastasis
Hemoperitoneum
The Cattell–Braasch maneuver
Retroperitoneal hematoma
Mixed germ cell tumor
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-023-01593-z

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