[Multiple hepatic metastases due to germ cell tumor on initial clinical presentation]

Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2007 Apr;45(4):318-23.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 31-year-old man presented with abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) demonstrated heterogeneously enhanced liver masses and chest CT revealed an anterior abnormal mass. He was admitted for further examination and treatment. The patient's serum beta-HCG level was markedly elevated (2,300ng/ml) and liver biopsy revealed the presence of choriocarcinoma and positive immunostaining for HCG. The patient was suspected to have combined germ cell tumor in the mediastinum with multiple liver metastases. He was treated with 8 cycles of BEP therapy (cisplatin. etoposide, bleomycin) and the beta-HCG level was normalized. We report a case of germ cell tumor with multiple and diffuse hypervascular masses in the liver as the initial clinical manifestation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Bleomycin / administration & dosage
  • Choriocarcinoma, Non-gestational / drug therapy
  • Choriocarcinoma, Non-gestational / secondary*
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / blood
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Drug Administration Routes
  • Etoposide / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / drug therapy
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / secondary*

Substances

  • Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human
  • Bleomycin
  • Etoposide
  • Cisplatin