Abstract

SOUSA, Isabel et al. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Clinical presentation of a testicular tumor. J Port Gastrenterol. [online]. 2012, vol.19, n.1, pp.39-41. ISSN 0872-8178.

Metastases of testicular tumors to the retroperitoneum is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The authors describe the case of a 32 years old patient, with a bleeding duodenal ulcer as a manifestation of metastatic embryonic cell non seminomatous tumor. The diagnosis of metastatic testicular tumor should be considered in the presence of ulceration of the third portion of the duodenum in a young male

Keywords : Metastases; testicular tumors; upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

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