Management of heart failure in our department of Internal Medicine is acceptable. However, there are several points in which improvement could be reached, much as to increase the utilization of ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers in handling of heart failure and to rise the are of echocardiography in the evaluation of these patients. Moreover, older patients showed a lower quality level that could be improved.

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retroperitoneal en pacientes varones jóvenes. An Med Interna (Madrid) 2006; 23: 34-36. RESUMEN Ante el hallazgo de una masa en retroperitoneo en un paciente joven se debe tener en cuenta entre los diferentes diagnósticos posibles, el tumor de células germinales. Estos tumores aunque son relativamente infrecuentes, constituyendo menos del 1% de todos los tumores en el sexo masculino, no es raro que debuten con masa retroperitoneal que simulan clínicamente un cólico renal o/y dolor lumbar. Siempre se debería realizar exploración de genitales externos aunque en un porcentaje no despreciable no encontramos masa testicular. Además el pronóstico es favorable, incluso en estadios avanzados, en un alto porcentaje, y poseemos una serie de marcadores tumorales útiles para el diagnóstico y seguimiento. Presentamos el caso de un paciente con clínica de cólico renal y masa retroperitoneal a estudio. ABSTRACTA tumor of germinal cells should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a retroperitoneal mass in a young patient. Although, this kind of tumors are relatively uncommon, inducing less than 1% of all the tumors in the masculine sex, very often they may present as a retroperitoneal mass clinically characterized by a lumbar pain that sometimes may simulate a renal colic. Ocassionally, physical examination of the testis may reveal a mass. Moreover, even in advanced stages the prognosis of germ cell tumor is favorable, and there are a series of tumor markers very helpful for the diagnosis and follow up of the tumor. We report a patient with a retroperitoneal mass presenting clinically as a renal colic.

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