Treatment of mediastinal immature teratoma in a child with precocious puberty and Klinefelter's syndrome

Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Nov;82(5):1906-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.03.077.

Abstract

Teratoma is the most common germ cell tumor, which can be divided into the mature and the immature histologically. Concurrent Klinefelter's syndrome may be overlooked in a patient with a germ cell tumor. This is because the tumor that secrets alpha-fetoprotein and beta human chorionic gonadotropin can mimic puberty in a patient with Klinefelter's syndrome, masking the usual clinical signs. In reviewing the literature on the subject, the role of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy remains ill-defined for the immature teratoma. Age-dependent prognosis seems to demonstrate that children with immature teratomas have a better outcome. We share the experience of treating a child with immature teratoma with surgical excision alone, and it ended in a local recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Bleomycin / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cisplatin / therapeutic use
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Etoposide / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Klinefelter Syndrome / complications*
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / complications
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Puberty, Precocious / etiology
  • Reoperation
  • Teratoma / complications
  • Teratoma / diagnosis*
  • Teratoma / therapy

Substances

  • Bleomycin
  • Etoposide
  • Cisplatin

Supplementary concepts

  • BEP protocol