Progression from an Immature Teratoma with Miliary Gliomatosis Peritonei to Growing Teratoma Syndrome with Nodular Gliomatosis Peritonei

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Yuh-Lin Hsieh (Συγγραφέας), Chin-Su Liu (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Elsevier, 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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A 4½-year-old girl presented with an incompletely resected, huge, immature abdominal teratoma, elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), and numerous miliary gliomatosis peritonei (GP). Two courses of chemotherapy resulted in normalization of her AFP level and marked tumor shrinkage. Further chemother...