Rare complication of chemotherapy in testicular cancer.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Abdel Goad, Ehab Helmy
- Source
- Archive of Oncology. 2009, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p25-26. 2p. 3 Black and White Photographs.
- Subject
- *TESTICULAR cancer
*DRUG therapy
*DRUG side effects
*GERM cells
*METASTASIS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0354-7310
Testicular neoplasms metastasizing to the retroperitoneum rarely involve the upper gastrointestinal tract. We describe an unusual case of contained small bowel perforation as a complication of chemotherapy treatment of metastatic non seminomatous germ cell cancer in a 32-year-old man. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]