Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the right arm: description of the first case in the literature

BACKGROUND: 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. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 37-year-old man who presented with a primary malignant mix...

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Autores principales: Benali, Hicham Ait, Lalya, lssam, Allaoui, Mohamed, Benmansour, Aniss, Elkhanoussi, Basma, Benjelloun, Samir, Benjaafar, Noureddine, Elyaacoubi, Mourad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3356599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22540884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-10-69
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: 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. CASE PRESENTATION: 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. CONCLUSIONS: A combination of chemotherapy and surgery is the most appropriate treatment strategy for extragonadal GCTs, to ensure both local and systemic control.

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