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Suprasellar malignant teratoma with 11-year survival--case report
N Sakai1, H Yamada, Y Nishimura
1Department of Neurosurgery, Gifu University School of Medicine.
Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica
|August 1, 1992
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.