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Curr Oncol
; 31(1): 42-49, 2023 12 21.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38275829
ABSTRACT
Mediastinal germ cell tumors (GCTs) are rare. Post-chemotherapy residual masses in patients with a nonseminomatous GCT require resection. A patient with a large mediastinal GCT involving the left subclavian artery, superior vena cava (SVC) and hilum of the right lung is presented. Despite a biochemical response to chemotherapy, the tumor enlarged on serial imaging. With guidance from medical oncology, a multidisciplinary surgical team, including cardiac anesthesia, cardiac surgery and thoracic surgery resected the tumor with a staged reconstruction of the SVC. The procedure was well tolerated and yielded clear margins. The final pathology showed a significant associated component of rhabdomyosarcoma.
Subject(s)
Mediastinal Neoplasms , Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal , Humans , Vena Cava, Superior/pathology , Vena Cava, Superior/surgery , Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal/surgery , Mediastinal Neoplasms/surgery , Mediastinal Neoplasms/drug therapy , Mediastinal Neoplasms/pathology
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Pain Res Manag
; 13(4): 342, 2008.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18816899