Abstract
A 1-year complete remission could be achieved with high-dose systemic chemotherapy in a 33-year-old patient with relapsed germ cell tumor presenting with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC). Although LC in general has a very poor prognosis for patients with chemosensitive malignancies, systemic chemotherapy should be considered.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
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Carcinoma / complications
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Carcinoma / drug therapy*
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Humans
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Male
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Meningeal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
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Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology
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Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy
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Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / drug therapy*
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Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / etiology
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Remission Induction
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Salvage Therapy*
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Testicular Neoplasms / drug therapy*