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Year : 2015 | Volume
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Recurrent metastatic mixed germ cell tumor of central nervous system with additional seminomatous component
Shrijeet Chakraborti1, Hema Kini1, Santosh Rai2, Ashvini Kumar2
1 Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India 2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnatak, India
Correspondence Address:
Shrijeet Chakraborti Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Lighthouse Hill Road, Mangalore - 575 001, Karnataka India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.150498
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Mixed germ cell tumors (GCTs) are aggressive tumors owing to poor response to therapy, frequent recurrence and metastasis. We present here a case of 29-year-old male with recurrent metastatic mixed GCT in the left parietal lobe, with right testicular primary. Interestingly, the recurrent tumor exhibited a seminomatous component, in addition to yolk sac tumor and embryonal carcinoma. The patient was treated with surgery, cranial radiotherapy and cisplatin-based chemotherapy. The metastatic intracranial tumor recurred twice and the patient died 18 months after the first appearance of central nervous system metastasis. |
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