Combination chemotherapy with cisplatin and etoposide for hematogenous spinal metastasis of intracranial germinoma--case report.
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.
Itoyama
Y
Y
Department of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University Medical School.
Kochi
M
M
Yamashiro
S
S
Yoshizato
K
K
Kuratsu
J
J
Ushio
Y
Y
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*
D005047:Etoposide; D002945:Cisplatin