Unusual liver locations of growing teratoma syndrome in ovarian malignant germ cell tumors

Domenica Lorusso; Paola Malaguti; Ilaria Nausica Trivellizzi; Giovanni Scambia

doi:10.1016/j.gynor.2011.08.001

Unusual liver locations of growing teratoma syndrome in ovarian malignant germ cell tumors

Gynecol Oncol Case Rep. 2011 Aug 8;1(1):24-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gynor.2011.08.001. eCollection 2011.

Authors

Domenica Lorusso¹, Paola Malaguti¹, Ilaria Nausica Trivellizzi¹, Giovanni Scambia¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.

Abstract

► Growing teratoma syndrome (GTS) with unusual liver locations are described after fertility preserving surgery and chemotherapy treatment for mixed malignant ovarian germ cell tumors (MGCT). ► It's a rare syndrome of mixed malignant ovarian germ cell tumors and in both cases enlarged and growing liver masses appeared during cisplatin-etoposide-bleomicin (BEP) chemotherapy. ► Radiological exams (CT scan and MRI) were suggestive for secondary metastasis and serum markers became negative during chemotherapy.

Keywords: Growing teratoma syndrome; Liver mass; Malignant ovary germ cell tumors.