Symptomatic hyperthyroidism in metastatic testicular mixed germ cell tumour

Department

Internal Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

BMJ Case Reports

Abstract

This is a case of a young 34-year-old man who had symptomatic hyperthyroidism from an extremely high serum beta HCG level in the setting of a metastatic stage IIIC mixed germ cell tumour. The patient's thyroid function normalised with treatment of the cancer as the beta HCG levels declined.

DOI

10.1136/bcr-2018-224877

Volume

2018

Publication Date

6-8-2018

Medical Subject Headings

Adult; Bleomycin (therapeutic use); Chemoradiotherapy; Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human (blood); Cisplatin (therapeutic use); Etoposide (therapeutic use); Humans; Hyperthyroidism (etiology, metabolism); Male; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal (diagnostic imaging, metabolism, therapy); Orchiectomy; Testicular Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, metabolism, therapy); Treatment Outcome

PubMed ID

29884717

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