title: Combination chemotherapy with cisplatin and etoposide for hematogenous spinal metastasis of intracranial germinoma--case report.
abstract: A 24-year-old male presented with a metastatic germinoma in the thoracic vertebra 7 years after irradiation of a pineal germinoma. Combination chemotherapy with cisplatin and etoposide was highly effective. No recurrence has appeared in the 2 years since chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University Medical School.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kochi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamashiro
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshizato
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuratsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ushio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D005047:Etoposide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*
chemical_list: D005047:Etoposide; D002945:Cisplatin