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We hereby present a clinical case of a germinal tumour with a pulmonary and retroperitoneal dissemination in form of a great adenopathic mass that fistulizes into the duodenum, that obtained a complete resolution with chemotherapy.
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Capdevila, J., Maroto, P., Sainz, S. et al. Disseminated retroperitoneal choriocarcinoma with open fistula to intestine. «Restitutio ad integrum» with chemotherapy alone. Clin Transl Oncol 8, 453–455 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-006-0201-y
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