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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-2-9
pubmed:abstractText
A 32-year-old Japanese male consulted a clinic complaining of gynecomastia. Right painless scrotal swelling was also detected. Right high orchiectomy was performed, then the surgical specimen was histopathologically confirmed as choriocarcinoma and mature teratoma. The imaging revealed cerebral, pulmonary, retroperitoneal metastases. After 3 courses of combination chemotherapy with cisplatin, etoposide and peplomycin (PEP therapy), the brain metastasis completely disappeared and the serum titer of the tumor markers such as beta-HCG became normal. The regression rates of lung and retroperitoneal metastases were 68% and 27%, respectively. Therefore, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection was performed. After the 5th course of PEP therapy, lung metastases disappeared completely. Until the present, no evidence of disease has persisted. The PEP therapy, which is a salvage therapy for refractory testicular cancer, was performed as first-line chemotherapy in this case. It was an excellent modality against choriocarcinoma, along with the surgical treatment.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0018-1994
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1195-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Bleomycin, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Brain Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Choriocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Cisplatin, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Etoposide, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Lymph Node Excision, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Neoplasms, Multiple Primary, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Orchiectomy, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Peplomycin, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Remission Induction, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Retroperitoneal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Teratoma, pubmed-meshheading:1282775-Testicular Neoplasms
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[Successful management of choriocarcinoma of the testis with brain metastasis: a case report].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Gifu University School of Medicine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports