Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the right arm: description of the first case in the literature
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Extragonadal localization of germ cell tumors (GCTs) is rare; to the best of our knowledge, a location in the soft tissue of the arm has never been previously reported in the literature.</p> <p>Case presentation</p>...
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| author | Benali Hicham Lalya lssam Allaoui Mohamed Benmansour Aniss Elkhanoussi Basma Benjelloun Samir Benjaafar Noureddine Elyaacoubi Mourad |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Extragonadal localization of germ cell tumors (GCTs) is rare; to the best of our knowledge, a location in the soft tissue of the arm has never been previously reported in the literature.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report the case of a 37-year-old man who presented with a primary malignant mixed non-seminomatous GCT (teratocarcinoma variety) in the right arm, treated by a combination of cisplatin-based chemotherapy and surgery. After 18 months of close follow-up, no locoregional recurrence or distant metastases have been detected.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>A combination of chemotherapy and surgery is the most appropriate treatment strategy for extragonadal GCTs, to ensure both local and systemic control.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06aa77241b3f4afea8d2fc3175343e802022-12-22T01:37:56ZengBMCWorld Journal of Surgical Oncology1477-78192012-05-011016910.1186/1477-7819-10-69Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the right arm: description of the first case in the literatureBenali HichamLalya lssamAllaoui MohamedBenmansour AnissElkhanoussi BasmaBenjelloun SamirBenjaafar NoureddineElyaacoubi Mourad<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Extragonadal localization of germ cell tumors (GCTs) is rare; to the best of our knowledge, a location in the soft tissue of the arm has never been previously reported in the literature.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report the case of a 37-year-old man who presented with a primary malignant mixed non-seminomatous GCT (teratocarcinoma variety) in the right arm, treated by a combination of cisplatin-based chemotherapy and surgery. After 18 months of close follow-up, no locoregional recurrence or distant metastases have been detected.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>A combination of chemotherapy and surgery is the most appropriate treatment strategy for extragonadal GCTs, to ensure both local and systemic control.</p>http://www.wjso.com/content/10/1/69ChemotherapyEmbryonic carcinomaExtragonadalMixed germ cell tumorsSurgeryTeratoma |
| spellingShingle | Benali Hicham Lalya lssam Allaoui Mohamed Benmansour Aniss Elkhanoussi Basma Benjelloun Samir Benjaafar Noureddine Elyaacoubi Mourad Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the right arm: description of the first case in the literature World Journal of Surgical Oncology Chemotherapy Embryonic carcinoma Extragonadal Mixed germ cell tumors Surgery Teratoma |
| title | Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the right arm: description of the first case in the literature |
| title_full | Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the right arm: description of the first case in the literature |
| title_fullStr | Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the right arm: description of the first case in the literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the right arm: description of the first case in the literature |
| title_short | Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the right arm: description of the first case in the literature |
| title_sort | extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the right arm description of the first case in the literature |
| topic | Chemotherapy Embryonic carcinoma Extragonadal Mixed germ cell tumors Surgery Teratoma |
| url | http://www.wjso.com/content/10/1/69 |
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