Burned-Out Testicular Carcinoma Presenting as Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus With Pulmonary Tumor Embolism on FDG PET/CT: A Case Report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
"Burned-out" testicular tumor is a very rare clinical phenomenon, which refers to the presence of a metastatic germ cell tumor with no clinical findings in the testicle due to spontaneous regression of the primary testicular lesion. We present an unusual case of burned-out testicular embryonal germ cell carcinoma presenting as an extensive inferior vena cava tumor thrombus with malignant pulmonary embolism in which FDG PET/CT played a pivotal role in detecting the extent and significance of the disease.
Medical subject headings
- Testicular Neoplasms
- Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
- Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
- Vena Cava, Inferior
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed