Sudden death caused by testicular germ cell tumour

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dc.contributor.authorDada M.A.
dc.contributor.authorVan Velden D.J.J.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:17:22Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:17:22Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.description.abstractMost cases of sudden unexpected 'natural' death are due to primary disorders of the cardiovascular, respiratory and central nervous system. Sudden death due to a previously undiagnosed malignancy is rare in young, apparently healthy subjects. We report an unusual cause of sudden unexpected death due to pulmonary tumour embolism complicating an undiagnosed germ cell tumour of the testis in a 37-year-old white male. Although death due to testicular tumours is not uncommon in young adult males, it rarely follows pulmonary embolism secondary to inferior vena cava (IVC) tumour invasion. A review of the literature revealed four other cases with a similar mechanism of death.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationMedicine, Science and the Law
dc.identifier.citation35
dc.identifier.citation4
dc.identifier.issn00258024
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14186
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectcancer invasion
dc.subjectcase report
dc.subjectgerm cell tumor
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectinferior cava vein
dc.subjectlung embolism
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectsudden death
dc.subjecttestis tumor
dc.subjecttumor embolism
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectDeath, Sudden
dc.subjectGerminoma
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectNeoplasm Circulating Cells
dc.subjectPulmonary Embolism
dc.subjectTesticular Neoplasms
dc.subjectVena Cava, Inferior
dc.titleSudden death caused by testicular germ cell tumour
dc.typeArticle
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