Le David P, Hall Samuel C
Internal Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, USA.
Cureus. 2023 Mar 24;15(3):e36655. doi: 10.7759/cureus.36655. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Testicular tumors are one of the most commonly observed malignancies among men. An aggressive and rare subtype of the disease, testicular choriocarcinoma, has a worse prognosis due to the tendency of early hematogenous spread to multiple organs and advanced symptoms at presentation time. Characteristic features of choriocarcinoma include elevated beta human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) in a young male with testicular mass. However, when the primary testicular tumor overutilizes its blood supply and spontaneously regresses, it is presumed to have been "burnt out" with remnants evident by metastatic retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy, scarred tissue, and calcifications. Treatment of advanced testicular cancer may be complicated by a rare entity known as choriocarcinoma syndrome, distinguished by rapid and fatal hemorrhaging of metastatic tumor sites. Prior described cases of choriocarcinoma syndrome involve pulmonary and gastrointestinal hemorrhages. We present an uncommon case of a 34-year-old male with a "burnt out" metastatic mixed testicular cancer who presented with choriocarcinoma syndrome (CS) treated with chemotherapy but developed deadly hemorrhaging of brain metastases. In addition, with the assistance of ChatGPT, we report our experience with this OpenAI tool and its potential uses in medical literature writing.
睾丸肿瘤是男性中最常见的恶性肿瘤之一。睾丸绒毛膜癌是该疾病一种侵袭性且罕见的亚型,由于其早期易于通过血行扩散至多个器官,且在就诊时症状已进展,故预后较差。绒毛膜癌的特征性表现包括年轻男性睾丸肿物伴β-人绒毛膜促性腺激素(β-hCG)升高。然而,当原发性睾丸肿瘤过度消耗其血供并自发消退时,推测其已“自行消退”,转移的腹膜后淋巴结病、瘢痕组织和钙化可显示其残余病灶。晚期睾丸癌的治疗可能因一种罕见的情况而变得复杂,这种情况称为绒毛膜癌综合征,其特征为转移瘤部位迅速致命的出血。先前报道的绒毛膜癌综合征病例涉及肺部和胃肠道出血。我们报告一例罕见病例,一名34岁男性患有“自行消退”的转移性混合性睾丸癌,出现绒毛膜癌综合征(CS),接受化疗治疗,但发生了脑转移的致命出血。此外,在ChatGPT的帮助下,我们报告了我们使用这款OpenAI工具的经验及其在医学文献写作中的潜在用途。