Growing Teratoma Syndrome After Treatment of a Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor: A Case Report and a Review of Literature
| Autor: | Makrem Hochlaf, Z. Boudagga, S. Ben Ahmed, C.H. Kraim, Olfa Gharbi, Imene Chabchoub, Badreddine Sriha, Moncef Mokni, Faten Ezzairi, W. Boukettaya, L. Ben Fatma |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system Growing teratoma syndrome endocrine system diseases Urology medicine.medical_treatment Nonseminomatous germ cell tumors urologic and male genital diseases lcsh:RC870-923 Residual masses Metastasis medicine Chemotherapy neoplasms business.industry Mature teratoma medicine.disease lcsh:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology female genital diseases and pregnancy complications medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology Germ cell tumors business Germ cell After treatment Serum markers |
| Zdroj: | Urology Case Reports, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2014) Urology Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 2214-4420 |
| Popis: | Growing teratoma syndrome is a rare condition among patients with nonseminomatous germ cell tumors who present with enlarging metastatic masses during appropriate systemic chemotherapy and normalized serum markers. Retroperitoneal residual masses are a common finding after chemotherapy for the nonseminomatous tumors of the testis. These might contain mature teratoma, fibrotic tissue, or tumor. Mature teratoma, which is unresponsive to chemotherapy, might result from evolution of a malignant lesion during treatment or it might represent a metastasis from a focus of mature teratoma in the primary testicular tumor. This article reviews a case of a growing teratoma syndrome. |
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