In this study, the case has been reported of a 36-year old male who was treated at the Ibn Rochd Oncology Center in Casablanca for a primary mediastinal seminoma revealed by a symptomatology including cough, dyspnea, laterocervical swelling, rachidial pain and gait disorder. The preliminary investigation showed significant mediastinal enlargement with a right pleuritis and vertebral metastases; tumor markers were normal. The diagnosis of seminoma was confirmed by pathological and immunohistochemical analysis of the cervical adenopathy. Disease management consisted of BEP/cisplatin type chemotherapy and lumbar, mediastinal, and supraclavicular radiotherapy. The response after four courses of combined chemo-/radiotherapy was estimated at 25%, but the patient died from respiratory failure five months after the initiation of treatment.
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