Ovarian germ cell cancer: clinicopathologic analysis and outcome of 31 cases.

Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate some clinicopathologic characteristics and the outcome of patients with ovarian germ cell cancer (OGCC) treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy.

Methods: It was a clinical retrospective study. The clinical charts of 31 patients with OGCC assisted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the State University of Campinas, Brazil, from January 1986 to June 1997 were reviewed.

Sequential trials of cisplatin, vinblastine, and bleomycin and etoposide and cisplatin in disseminated nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of the testis with a good prognosis at a single institution.

Background: With the introduction of cisplatin-based chemotherapy, approximately 80% of patients with disseminated nonseminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCT) of the testis can be cured. These treatments have been associated with considerable toxic effects. Numerous trials have been performed with the challenge of minimizing toxic effects without jeopardizing prognosis in a subgroup of these patients with a good prognosis.

Pachydermoperiostosis. A case report.

A case of pachydermoperiostosis observed over a period of 4 years in a man aged 19 is reported. Its clinical features are described; these place it in the "incomplete" group, according to the classification of Touraine et al..