• 제목/요약/키워드: Germ cell and embryonal neoplasms

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후종격동에 발생한 원발성 종격동 태생암 1예 (A Case of Primary Mediastinal Embryonal Carcinoma Arising in the Posterior Mediastinum)

  • 임근우;강홍모;김태중;임을순;강경의;조용선;한민수;유지홍
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • 제47권1호
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    • pp.117-122
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    • 1999
  • 저자 등은 아무런 증상이 없던 37세 남자에서 후종격동에서 발생하였고 진단당시 증상이 없었으며 암표식자의 증가를 동반하지 않았던 비전형적인 원발성 종격동 태생암 l례를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

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Prognostic factors in children with extracranial germ cell tumors treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy

  • Kim, Jinsup;Lee, Na Hee;Lee, Soo Hyun;Yoo, Keon Hee;Sung, Ki Woong;Koo, Hong Hoe;Seo, Jeong-Meen;Lee, Suk-Koo
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제58권10호
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    • pp.386-391
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes and prognostic factors in children with extracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs) treated at a single institution. Methods: Sixty-six children diagnosed with extracranial GCTs between 1996 and 2012 were included in the study. Primary treatment was surgical excision, followed by six cycles of cisplatin-based chemotherapy. The survival rates were compared according to the International Germ Cell Cancer Cooperative Group classification used for GCTs in adults to validate the classification guidelines for GCTs in children. Results: The median patient age was 4.4 years. In 34 patients (51.5%), the primary tumor site was the gonad. Extragonadal GCTs were detected in 32 patients. The 5-year overall survival and event-free survival (EFS) were $92.0%{\pm}3.5%$ and $90.4%{\pm}3.7%$, respectively. In univariate analysis, tumor histology, metastasis, and elevated alpha-fetoprotein were not prognostic factors in children with extracranial GCTs. However, EFS was poorer in patients with mediastinal disease (n=12, $66.7%{\pm}13.6%$) than in those with nonmediastinal disease (n=54, $96.0%{\pm}2.8%$) (P=0.001). The 5-year EFS was lower in patients older than 10 years, (n=21, $80.0%{\pm}8.9%$) compared with those younger than 10 years (n=45, $95.2%{\pm}3.3%$) (P=0.04). Multivariate analysis identified the mediastinal tumor site as the only independent prognostic factor. Conclusion: The prognosis of children with extracranial GCTs was favorable. However, nongerminomatous mediastinal tumors were associated with poor survival in children. Further research is needed to improve the prognosis of children with malignant mediastinal GCTs.