Multidisciplinary treatment of metastatic germ cell tumor: Clinical summary and discussion

✍ Scribed by Pritchard, Jon ;Pinkerton, C. Ross

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 136 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-1532
• DOI: 10.1002/mpo.2950170302

✦ Synopsis

As Professor D'Angio points out in his introduction, Dr. Willoughby and his colleagues are to be congratulated on the successful outcome of this young girl's management [ 11. However, we would be grateful to have their comments on the following queries:

1. Why was attempted "tissue diagnosis," which resulted in acute respiratory distress, required in this instance? The patient had a rapidly enlarging anterior mediastinal mass with metastases and a markedly elevated serum level of alpha fetoprotein (aFP) (the serum