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Extragonadal Mixed Germ Cell Tumour of the Right Scapular Region: A Case Report

Extragonadal germ cell tumours are rare; to the best of our knowledge, a location in the soft tissue of the right scapular region has never been previously reported in the literature. We report a case of a 9-years-old girl who presented with swelling over the right scapular region, treated by a comb...

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Autores principales: Gurung, Sushma, Karim, Sabina, Thapa, Sagun, Gautam, Shristi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9795115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36705102
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7910
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description Extragonadal germ cell tumours are rare; to the best of our knowledge, a location in the soft tissue of the right scapular region has never been previously reported in the literature. We report a case of a 9-years-old girl who presented with swelling over the right scapular region, treated by a combination of surgery and cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Immunohistochemistry and serum tumour markers concluded it to be an extragonadal mixed germ cell tumour. Our patient had a complete response up to 2 years of follow-up. This case is being reported here due to a very rare site of presentation with a diagnostic dilemma. A multidisciplinary, combining systemic chemotherapy and surgery is the most appropriate treatment strategy for extragonadal germ cell tumours, to ensure both local and systemic control.
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spelling pubmed-97951152023-01-04 Extragonadal Mixed Germ Cell Tumour of the Right Scapular Region: A Case Report Gurung, Sushma Karim, Sabina Thapa, Sagun Gautam, Shristi JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc Case Report Extragonadal germ cell tumours are rare; to the best of our knowledge, a location in the soft tissue of the right scapular region has never been previously reported in the literature. We report a case of a 9-years-old girl who presented with swelling over the right scapular region, treated by a combination of surgery and cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Immunohistochemistry and serum tumour markers concluded it to be an extragonadal mixed germ cell tumour. Our patient had a complete response up to 2 years of follow-up. This case is being reported here due to a very rare site of presentation with a diagnostic dilemma. A multidisciplinary, combining systemic chemotherapy and surgery is the most appropriate treatment strategy for extragonadal germ cell tumours, to ensure both local and systemic control. Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2022-12 2022-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9795115/ /pubmed/36705102 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7910 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Extragonadal Mixed Germ Cell Tumour of the Right Scapular Region: A Case Report
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title_fullStr Extragonadal Mixed Germ Cell Tumour of the Right Scapular Region: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Extragonadal Mixed Germ Cell Tumour of the Right Scapular Region: A Case Report
title_short Extragonadal Mixed Germ Cell Tumour of the Right Scapular Region: A Case Report
title_sort extragonadal mixed germ cell tumour of the right scapular region: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9795115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36705102
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7910
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