[Surgical resection of a massive residual retroperineal mass after chemotherapy in non-seminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis: a borderline case].

Background: According to the last EAU Guidelines about testicular cancer, surgical resection of residual masses after chemotherapy in NSGCT is indicated in the case of visible residual masses and when serum levels of tumor markers are normal or normalizing. If markers are not normalized and when several chemotherapeutic regimens have failed to cure metastatic disease, resection of residual tumors (so called "desperation surgery") should be offered to these patients.

Methods: We are going to present the case of a 30-year-old patient, affected by metastatic NSGCT.