Suprasellar malignant teratoma with 11-year survival--case report

Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 1992 Aug;32(9):701-5. doi: 10.2176/nmc.32.701.

Abstract

Long-term survival of malignant teratoma is rare. A 16-year-old female with a suprasellar malignant teratoma survived for 11 years before succumbing to embryonal carcinoma. A suprasellar immature teratoma with increased serum alpha-fetoprotein level was verified histologically. Radiation therapy and combined chemotherapy were given after partial removal. Eleven years later, the primary lesion recurred as embryonal carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Sella Turcica
  • Survival Analysis
  • Teratoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Teratoma / mortality*
  • Teratoma / pathology
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed