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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2010.43.6.833

Pulmonary Metastasectomy from Testicular Germ Cell Tumor - A case report-  

Cho, Jun-Woo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Daegu Catholic Medical Center)
Park, Ki-Sung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Daegu Catholic Medical Center)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.43, no.6, 2010 , pp. 833-837 More about this Journal
Abstract
This is a report of successful management for pulmonary metastasis following chemotherapy in patient with testicular germ cell tumor. Postchemotherapy PET-CT was not uptake FDG in metastatic lesion. Pulmonary metastasectomy was performed, which is important to manage a residual postchemotherapy lung mass in testicular germ cell tumor for histological correlation with primary testicular lesion to select the patients who require subsequent chemotherapy. Our patient was well 6 months after operation, not carried out chemotherapy because of no viable tumor.
Keywords
Chemotherapy; Neoplasm metastasis; Germ cell tumors; Testis;
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