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
Recommended Citation
Shah, D., & Khalid, N. (2018). Symptomatic hyperthyroidism in metastatic testicular mixed germ cell tumour. BMJ Case Reports, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-224877
