Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Joseph J LaConti

Publications

• Case Report
  Metastatic Seminoma Presenting as Enlarging Retroperitoneal Mass in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis I
  Author(s): Joseph J LaConti, Tae Kon Kim, Elizabeth Whittington, Nignyuan Ding, Vy Dinh, Khushman Moh’d, Saleem Umar and Stefan GlückJoseph J LaConti, Tae Kon Kim, Elizabeth Whittington, Nignyuan Ding, Vy Dinh, Khushman Moh’d, Saleem Umar and Stefan Glück
  
  Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a rare genetic disorder where patients develop neurofibromas and have characteristic skin and eye findings. These patients have increased risks for certain types of cancers, especially of neural origin. Testicular cancer is a relatively common type of cancer for younger men, and is considered a very treatable malignancy if identified early. This report describes a patient with NF1 who had an initial chief complaint of back pain. A retroperitoneal mass was identified, but initial pathology report was epithelioid granulomas without necrosis, and was non-diagnostic. After the patient developed deep vein thrombosis as complication of the mass, a repeat biopsy would provide the diagnosis of typical seminoma. A second review by independent pathologists of the primary biopsy sample was also unable to appropriately diagnose the seminoma. This report illustrat.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000380

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