Long-term survival of a patient with primary sellar choriocarcinoma with pulmonary metastases: a case report

Med Pediatr Oncol. 1996 Apr;26(4):293-5. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199604)26:4<293::AID-MPO14>3.0.CO;2-G.

Abstract

Extracranial metastasis is an unusual complication of most types of primary intracranial tumor. Approximately one-third of reported cases of primary intracranial choriocarcinoma have been associated with pulmonary tumor metastasis. The prognosis of such patients has been uniformly fatal. This report describes a probable long-term survivor of primary intracranial choriocarcinoma wit pulmonary metastasis. The patient had a complete response to combination chemotherapy with cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin and is surviving free of disease >3 years from diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Bleomycin / administration & dosage
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Child
  • Choriocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Choriocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Choriocarcinoma / surgery
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Etoposide / administration & dosage
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Prognosis

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Bleomycin
  • Etoposide
  • Cisplatin