Burned-Out Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Presenting as Retroperitoneal Lymphadenopathy in a Patient With Cryptorchidism: A Case Report &amp; Review of Literature

Soroush Shahrokh; Michelle Hebert; Woondong Jeong; Shan Guo

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Burned-Out Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Presenting as Retroperitoneal Lymphadenopathy in a Patient With Cryptorchidism: A Case Report & Review of Literature

Soroush Shahrokh Michelle Hebert Woondong Jeong Shan Guo

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Guizhou Provincial University Key Laboratory of High Performance Battery Materials College of Materials and Metallurgy Guizhou University Guiyang 550025 P. R. China

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Soroush Shahrokh, Michelle Hebert, Woondong Jeong, et al. (2022). Burned-Out Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Presenting as Retroperitoneal Lymphadenopathy in a Patient With Cryptorchidism: A Case Report & Review of Literature. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26776

Burned-Out Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Presenting as Retroperitoneal Lymphadenopathy in a Patient With Cryptorchidism: A Case Report &amp; Review of Literature

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