Open AccessExtradural spinal metastasis in ovarian mixed germ cell tumor
Author(s) -
Deepashu Sachdeva,
Vikas Kumar,
Ravindra Kumar Saran,
Arvind K. Srivastava
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/jpn.jpn_156_16
Subject(s) - medicine , germ cell tumors , metastasis , chemotherapy , biopsy , oophorectomy , pathology , surgery , hysterectomy , cancer
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.