Isolated solitary bony metastasis of a nonseminomatous germ cell tumor

Can J Urol. 2007 Feb;14(1):3458-60.

Abstract

Bone metastasis is usually a late manifestation in patients with germ cell tumors and a poor prognosis site. We report a case of 29-year-old man with a nonseminomatous germ cell tumor who presented with a single metastatic site in a vertebrae with spinal compression. He was treated with a left orchiectomy and four cycles of chemotherapy containing bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin. He attained complete remission.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Bone Neoplasms / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / secondary*
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / therapy
  • Orchiectomy
  • Testicular Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / therapy