EXTRAGONADAL NONSEMINOMATOUS GERM-CELL TUMOR WITH HYPERCALCEMIA, MASQUERADING AS RENAL-CELL CARCINOMA - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
MACDIARMID SA NORMAN RW
Citation
Sa. Macdiarmid et Rw. Norman, EXTRAGONADAL NONSEMINOMATOUS GERM-CELL TUMOR WITH HYPERCALCEMIA, MASQUERADING AS RENAL-CELL CARCINOMA - A CASE-REPORT, CAN J SURG, 38(1), 1995, pp. 80-82
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Canadian journal of surgery
ISSN journal
0008428X → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
80 - 82
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-428X(1995)38:1<80:ENGTWH>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Humoral hypercalcemia secondary to the production of parathyroid hormo ne-related peptide has been reported to occur in up to 17% of patients with renal cell carcinoma but has been reported only rarely in patien ts with other genitourinary cancers and never in patients with testicu lar or extragonadal nonseminomatous cancers. A 54-year-old man is repo rted who had an extragonadal nonseminomatous germ cell tumour with hyp ercalcemia that masqueraded as a renal cell carcinoma with metastases. The hypercalcemia was suspected to be humorally mediated.