Abstract

GIMENEZ BACHS, J.M. et al. Surgery of a large retroperitoneal residual  mass after chemotherapy in advanced testicular germ cell tumor. Actas Urol Esp [online]. 2004, vol.28, n.3, pp.230-233. ISSN 0210-4806.

Treatment for testicular tumours has progress in such a manner in the last years that high cure percentages can at present be achieved. After chemotherapy, in most cases, residual mass can appear. In this cases surgery is considered a viable therapeutic option although it implies an advanced surgical training since it is a complex technique and implies serious implications. We submit the case of a patient who presented a large residual mass from a testicular germ cell tumour after being treated with orquiectomía and chemotherapy. Surgery was performed resulting in total and radical extirpation of residual mass.

Keywords : Residual mass; Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection; Testicular germ cell tumour; Chemotherapy.

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