Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Successful Resection of a Mediastinal Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor Whoâ??s Response to Induction Chemotherapy was Evaluated by Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron mission Tomography

Abstract

Yuta Ogura, Hisashi Saji, Hideki Marushima, Ichiro Maeda, Hirotaka Koizumi and Haruhiko Nakamura

Mediastinal germ cell tumors are rare malignant tumors whose current management strategy involves making a prompt diagnosis and providing an appropriate chemotherapy. However, there is as yet no consensus regarding the optimal management postchemotherapy. We encountered the case of a 23-year-old man who was diagnosed as having a mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor. We evaluated its response to induction chemotherapy by fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography. We performed complete surgical excision of the residual tumor postchemotherapy. Histopathologic examination of the surgical specimen showed no viable tumor cells.