Pulmonary Metastasectomy from Testicular Germ Cell Tumor: A case report.
- Author:
Jun woo CHO
1
;
Ki Sung PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Daegu Catholic Medical Center, Korea. kspark69@cu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Chemotherapy;
Neoplasm metastasis;
Germ cell tumors;
Testis
- MeSH:
Germ Cells;
Humans;
Lung;
Metastasectomy;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal;
Testicular Neoplasms;
Testis
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2010;43(6):833-837
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
