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Quantitation of Intra-peritoneal Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
Published on: July 18, 2016
Extradural Spinal Metastasis in Ovarian Mixed Germ Cell Tumor
Deepashu Sachdeva1, Vikas Kumar1, Ravindra Kumar Saran2
1Department of Neurosurgery, G. B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India.
Abstract:
Ovarian germ cell tumors (GCTs) are rare and affect mainly young girls and women. Two histological groups are distinguished: dysgerminomas and nondysgerminomatous tumors. These tumors have initial good responses to surgery and chemotherapy in 80% cases, but >75% of patients die due to complications of disease progression. There are very few case reports of mixed GCT with extradural spine metastases. We report a rare case of a 17-year-old girl who had undergone left salpingo-oophorectomy with omental and peritoneal biopsy for ovarian GCT with extradural spinal metastasis.
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