Fan Jiaming, Yuan Ren, Stefanelli David, Wang Gang
Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Department of Radiology, British Columbia Cancer Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Case Rep Pathol. 2021 Jun 29;2021:9992978. doi: 10.1155/2021/9992978. eCollection 2021.
Retroperitoneal metastasis of seminoma often occurs in the higher stage through lymph nodes. Generally, seminoma expresses specific germ cell markers while being negative for carcinoma markers. We present a unique case of cytokeratin positive seminoma initially presented as retroperitoneal metastasis. The diagnosis was made based on the histological features and immunohistochemical stains. Testicular ultrasound confirmed the primary tumor in the patient's left testicle. Pathologists should always be aware of germ cell tumors when encountering a metastasis of an unknown primary.
精原细胞瘤的腹膜后转移常通过淋巴结在较高分期时发生。一般来说,精原细胞瘤表达特定的生殖细胞标志物,而癌标志物为阴性。我们报告了一例独特的细胞角蛋白阳性精原细胞瘤,最初表现为腹膜后转移。诊断基于组织学特征和免疫组化染色。睾丸超声证实患者左侧睾丸存在原发性肿瘤。病理学家在遇到原发灶不明的转移瘤时应始终警惕生殖细胞肿瘤。