Les métastases cutanées révélatrices des choriocarcinomes : revue de la littérature. À propos d'une localisation nasale d'origine testiculaire

Choriocarcinoma are germinal tumors from testicular cells in men or fœtal trophoblast in women. Cutaneous metastasis are very rare. The authors report a case of angioma-like tumor in a 22-year-old man wich was a cutaneous metastasis of a testicular carcinoma. Diagnosis was of course histologic. Testicular echography showed an intra testicular tumor, pulmonary and abdominal CT-scan showed multiple metastases. Orchidectomy and retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy were performed before a general chemotherapy. Patient died 14 months after diagnosis. Only 11 cases of cutaneous metastasis of choriocarcinoma were found in the world literature (7 men and 4 women). All cases showed diagnosis trap for plastic surgeon.