Abstract |
A 4 1/2-year-old girl presented with an incompletely resected, huge, immature abdominal teratoma, elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), and numerous miuiary gliomatosis peritonei (GP). Two courses of chemotherapy resulted in normalization of her AFP level and marked tumor shrinkage. Further chemotherapy was interrupted by complications. During treatment for these complications, ascites increased and the tumor enlarged, but serum AFP remained within the normal range. Second-took surgery revealed that the tumor had changed histologically to a mature teratoma, and GP had enlarged to nodular size, causing massive ascites. The still incompletely resected, growing mature teratoma was reduced with interferon. Nodular GP and ascites slowly regressed with interferon use, and finally disappeared after several months. One residual mass thought to be GP was reduced by gamma-knife surgery 3 years later.
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Authors | Yuh-Lin Hsieh, Chin-Su Liu |
Journal | Pediatrics and neonatology
(Pediatr Neonatol)
Vol. 50
Issue 2
Pg. 78-81
(Apr 2009)
ISSN: 1875-9572 [Print] Singapore |
PMID | 19453084
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Child, Preschool
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Glioma
(pathology, therapy)
- Humans
- Peritoneal Neoplasms
(pathology, therapy)
- Syndrome
- Teratoma
(pathology, therapy)
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