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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1997; 20(2):205-208

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1997.20.2.205

Case Report

A Case of Complete Remission after Chemotherapy and Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in Stage B2 Nonseminoma

Hoon Seog Jun, Ho Won Kang, Do Lin Jung, Seok Heun Jang, Bong Suk Shim, Sun Nam Lee*

Copyright ⓒ 1997. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

Nonseminomatous germ cell tumor is histologically composed of embryonal cell carcinoma, teratoma, choriocarcinoma, and yolk sac elements, alone or in various combinations. Its management is still controversial according to its stage. A failure or relapsed tumor after primary chemotherapy get poor prognosis, We experienced a successful case of complete remission fter chemotherapy and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection(RPLND) in stage B2 nonseminoma.

Keywords: Nonseminoma; Chemotherapy; RPLND