Extragonadal retroperitoneal embryonal carcinoma successfully treated with chemotherapy.
A 27-year-old Japanese man visited our hospital for further evaluation of multiple shadows on his chest X-ray. A 6 cm hard mass was palpable in the left lower abdominal region. Histological examination revealed that the lung tumor resected by the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was an embryonal carcinoma (EC). He was diagnosed as retroperitoneal EC with multiple lung metastases. He underwent chemotherapy with cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin, followed by 3 courses. A curative surgical operation revealed that there were no malignant cells in the lung lesions and primary lesion. This patient responded well to chemotherapy and achieved complete remission by chemotherapy.
Hirasaki
Shoji
S
Department of Internal Medicine, National Shikoku Cancer Center, 13 Horino-uchi, Matsuyama 790-0007.
Moriwaki
Toshikazu
T
Tsuzuki
Takao
T
Hirao
Ken
K
Hyodo
Ichinosuke
I
D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018236:Carcinoma, Embryonal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D001761:Bleomycin; D005047:Etoposide; D002945:Cisplatin