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C Ayuso

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Chromosomal mosaicism for isochromosome 11q confined to CVS direct preparations.

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the discrepancy between the karyotype in direct preparations of chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and the fetal karyotype and its possible fetal phenotypic repercussion. METHODS: The karyotype was obtained from direct and cultured preparations of CVS. FISH was performed in direct CVS preparations and in four different areas of term placenta. RESULTS: Karyotype and FISH analysis in CVS revealed a 46,XX/47,XX,+i(11q) cell line. Cultured CVS preparations showed a 46,XX karyotype. Cytogenetic studies in term placenta did not reveal the abnormal cell line. Molecular studies did not detect uniparental disomy for chromosome 11 in the fetus. CONCLUSION: The fetus, at birth, had no phenotypic abnormalities. IUGR was not present during gestation, in accordance with the low proportion of aneuploid cells in term placenta, and UPD for chromosome 11 was not observed.

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[Growing teratoma syndrome in metastatic germinal non-seminomatous testicular tumors].

Presence of retroperitoneal or mediastinal mature teratomas secondary to metastatic testicle germinal tumours which have not responded to multiple chemotherapy constitute the so called Growing Teratoma. They can either represent the metastasis of a mature teratoma site in the original testicle tumour or the evolution from a non-differentiated lesion during therapy. The first two cases of Growing Teratoma Syndrome published in the national literature are presented here. Both cases had a retroperitoneal growth of the mature teratoma following successful achievement of normalization of serum tumoral markers through chemotherapy with CDDP, Bleomycin, and VP-16 in one case (Hospital Clínico) and with BOMP/EPI (Belomycin, Metrothexate, Vincristine, Cisplatin/Vo-16, Cisplatin, Iphosphamide) in the second one (Hospital del Mar) of a non-seminomatose testicle tumour. After a follow-up of 14 and 9 months respectively the good prognosis of these mature teratomas was verified in both cases, so as in the rest of the literature. We coincide with regard to performing a retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy with exeresis of tumoral masses as the most adequate attitude, both to prevent growth of the mature teratoma and to allow us to discard the presence of residual immature lesions.

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