GROWING TERATOMA SYNDROME

被引:8
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作者
RAVI, R [1 ]
机构
[1] INST CANC RES,DEPT GENITOURINARY SURG,DIV SURG ONCOL,MADRAS,TAMIL NADU,INDIA
关键词
TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY; TERATOMA; RETROPERITONEAL LYMPHADENECTOMY; PROGNOSIS;
D O I
10.1159/000282793
中图分类号
R5 [内科学]; R69 [泌尿科学(泌尿生殖系疾病)];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Growing teratoma syndrome includes patients with enlarging metastatic masses, containing mature teratoma, following chemotherapy for advanced nonseminomatous germ cell tumors. The serum tumor markers in these cases, however, normalize during chemotherapy. Surgery is the treatment of choice and survivals approaching 100% have been achieved in these cases. Three patients with growing teratoma syndrome are described, the metastatic masses being in the retroperitoneum in all cases. Following surgery, all patients are alive without disease with a follow-up of 6-26 months.
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页码:226 / 228
页数:3
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