Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2010 Dec;43(6):833-837.
Pulmonary Metastasectomy from Testicular Germ Cell Tumor: A case report
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Daegu Catholic Medical Center, Korea. kspark69@cu.ac.kr
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- This is a report of successful management for pulmonary metastasis following chemotherapy in patient with testicular germ cell tumor. Postchemotherapy PET-CT was not uptake FDG in metastatic lesion. Pulmonary metastasectomy was performed, which is important to manage a residual postchemotherapy lung mass in testicular germ cell tumor for histological correlation with primary testicular lesion to select the patients who require subsequent chemotherapy. Our patient was well 6 months after operation, not carried out chemotherapy because of no viable tumor.
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