[Klinefelter's syndrome diagnosed three years after surgery for mediastinal teratoma]. / Diagnostic d'un syndrome de Klinefelter trois ans après chirurgie d'exérèse d'un tératome médiastinal.
Presse Med
; 34(15): 1078-9, 2005 Sep 10.
Article
in Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16334884
INTRODUCTION: The association between some types of tumor and Klinefelter's syndrome (KS) is often missed and diagnosis of the latter delayed, as in this case report. CASE: We present the case of a 20 year-old patient for whom KS was not diagnosed until three years after thoracic surgery for a mediastinal teratoma. DISCUSSION: The association between KS and mediastinal germ-cell tumors is not coincidental; it illustrates the relation between aneuploidy and oncogenesis. In a young adult male, palpation of the scrotum to look for microorchidism is justified when these tumors are diagnosed because 25% occur in patients with KS.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Teratoma
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Klinefelter Syndrome
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Mediastinal Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Fr
Journal:
Presse Med
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article