| Literature DB >> 24371596 |
Domenica Lorusso1, Paola Malaguti1, Ilaria Nausica Trivellizzi1, Giovanni Scambia1.
Abstract
► Growing teratoma syndrome (GTS) with unusual liver locations are described after fertility preserving surgery and chemotherapy treatment for mixed malignant ovarian germ cell tumors (MGCT). ► It's a rare syndrome of mixed malignant ovarian germ cell tumors and in both cases enlarged and growing liver masses appeared during cisplatin-etoposide-bleomicin (BEP) chemotherapy. ► Radiological exams (CT scan and MRI) were suggestive for secondary metastasis and serum markers became negative during chemotherapy.Entities:
Keywords: Growing teratoma syndrome; Liver mass; Malignant ovary germ cell tumors
Year: 2011 PMID: 24371596 PMCID: PMC3857682 DOI: 10.1016/j.gynor.2011.08.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gynecol Oncol Case Rep ISSN: 2211-338X