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ArticleRespirology case reports2025

Metastatic Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumour: A Florid and Fulminant Presentation.

Zhong Xhen Khor

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Article in Respirology case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Zhong Xhen KhorDepartment of Medicine International Medical University Clinical Campus Seremban Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2584-011X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A previously healthy teenager presented with acute respiratory distress and constitutional symptoms. Imaging revealed a mediastinal mass with multiple pulmonary nodules, and markedly elevated β-HCG confirmed metastatic choriocarcinoma. Despite urgent chemotherapy, he succumbed within a week. This case underscores its rarity, diagnostic challenge, and dismal prognosis in tuberculosis-endemic regions.

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imagingoncologyradiologyrespiratory medicine

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PMID40979259
PMCPMC12444773

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