An Unusual Case of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
| Autor: | Linde Stessens, Stijn Hillewaere, Kurt Van der Speeten |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Unusual case Peritoneal surface business.industry Published: September 2010 lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens medicine.disease Malignancy lcsh:RC254-282 Hyperthermic intraperitoneal perioperative chemotherapy Surgery Peritoneal carcinomatosis Paraganglioma Oncology Perioperative chemotherapy medicine Cytoreductive surgery business |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Oncology Case Reports in Oncology, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 315-325 (2010) |
| ISSN: | 1662-6575 |
| Popis: | The peritoneal surface remains an important failure site for patients with gastrointestinal and gynecologic malignancies. In the past, oncologists regarded peritoneal carcinomatosis as an incurable component of an intra-abdominal malignancy. During the last two decades, novel therapeutic approaches have emerged for peritoneal carcinomatosis patients. We report the first case of peritoneal carcinomatosis emerging from an extra-adrenal, intra-abdominal paraganglioma. This 49-year-old male was treated with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal perioperative chemotherapy. Paragangliomas are rare tumors of neural crest-derived chromaffin cells and can originate either from the sympathetic or from the parasympathetic ganglia. It has been estimated that as many as 10% of the paragangliomas arise outside the adrenal glands. This case represents an unreported presentation of paraganglioma. Two possible origins of this malignancy, and the applied therapy, are discussed. We report the feasibility of cytoreductive surgery plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal perioperative chemotherapy in the treatment of this malignancy. |
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