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KMID : 0376219920290020167
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Chonnam Medical Journal
1992 Volume.29 No. 2 p.167 ~ p.170
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A case of neurilemmoma in pelvic cavity
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Abstract
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We reviewed retrospectively 15 cases with testicular tumors in children during the period from August, 1980 to July, 1991 to July, 1991. There were II cases of yolk sac tumors, 3 of teratoma and one of teratocarcinoma. Serum Alpha-fetoprotein was
elevated in all cases with yolk sac components.
Three cases of teratoma and one case of teratocarcinoma treated with radical orchiectomy with close follow-up were free of disease for over 2 years.
Of 5 cases with yolk sac tumor in stage A treated with radical orchiectomy, 4 cases were free of disease for a mean of 38.8 months. But of 6 cases with yolk sac tumor in the advanced stage treated with chemotherapy, 2 cases survived over 2 years
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died by 5 years. These poor outcomes may be resulted from advanced staged tumor in more than half of cases and inadequate chemotherapy.
The results suggest that yolk sac tumor in stage A needs close surveillance after orchectomy, but the tumor in advanced stage required more effective chemotherapy.
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