The Need of Chest Computer Tomography in The Assessment of Mediastinal Seminoma and Non Seminomatous Germ Cell Tumors  

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Icksan, Aziza ; Luhur, Reny ; Heriawati ; Elisna, S

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah nasional - terakreditasi DIKTI
Dalam koleksi: Indonesian Journal of Cancer vol. 01 no. 04 (Oct. 2007), page 131-134.
Topik: mediastinal germ cell tumor; seminoma; non seminomatous; chest radiograph; Enhanced chest CT

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: I12.K.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Mediastinal germ cell tumor is one of the anterior mediastinal mass which consists of teratoma, seminoma and non seminomatous. The differential diagnosis of the anterior mediastinal germ cell tumor such as thymic mass, thyroid mass and lymphoma. The diagnosis depends on some criteria such as, clinical finding, the age of the patient, sero markers, location of the mass and findings on the chest radiograph and chest CT. Cytology and histopathology finding from the specimens are paramount important as a gold standard. Accurate assessment of the location is very important to manage the patient. Chest radiograph is usually the first imaging study obtained in a patient with known or suspected of mediastinal germ cell tumor, and for further evaluation enhanced Chest CT nowadays has become the routine procedure in assessing mediastinal germ cell tumor. Cases of the mediastinal non seminomatous and seminoma germ cell tumors were reported in a 17 and .15 year old males. Chest radiograph and enhanced chest CT were used to diagnosing and assessing of the patients.

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