The growing teratoma syndrome: A case report and a review of the literature

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 384-390

  Tangjitgamol, S ^a   Manusirivithaya, S ^a   Leelahakorn, S ^a   Thawaramara, T ^a   Suekwatana, P ^a   Sheanakul, C ^a  

^a NAVAMINDRADHIRAJ UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy retroconversion; Germ cell tumor; Growing teratoma syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; TUMOR MARKER; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ASCITES; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LAPAROTOMY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY TERATOMA; PARENT; PELVIS; PERITONITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION; TERATOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 33645351952     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00492.x     Document Type: Review

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