Intra-abdominal desmoid tumor following retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular germ cell tumor

Int J Urol. 2006 Jan;13(1):84-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01231.x.

Abstract

In the testicular cancer post-treatment setting a rapidly growing retroperitoneal mass leads to a differential diagnosis including recurrent germ cell tumor, residual mature teratoma, or sarcomatoid degeneration. We report the case of a 27-year-old man with a large abdominal mass occurring in the setting of a mixed germ cell tumor after radical orchiectomy with primary chemotherapy followed by retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. Surgical excision of this mass followed by pathological review revealed an intra-abdominal desmoid tumor. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for isochromosome 12p failed to demonstrate a germ cell tumor origin. This is the fourth such case of an intra-abdominal desmoid tumor after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer in the urologic literature. This case highlights the need for careful consideration of a desmoid tumor when a rapidly growing spindle cell tumor is encountered in a post-treatment testis cancer patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / complications*
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / diagnosis
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / surgery
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Laparotomy
  • Lymph Node Excision*
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / surgery*
  • Orchiectomy / adverse effects
  • Retroperitoneal Space
  • Testicular Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Testicular Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed