Author/Editor		Strojan, Primož; Popović, Mara; Šurlan, Katarina; Jereb, Berta
Title		Choroid plexus carcinoma: a case report
Translated title		Karcinom horoidnega pleteža: prikaz primera
Type		članek
Source		Radiol Oncol
Vol. and No.		Letnik 38, št. 3
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 181-5
Language		eng
Abstract		Background. The opinions on the value of adjuvant therapy in choroid plexus carcinomas vary. The aim of present report is to present a case of successful therapy of this rare tumor. Result. A fourteen-year-old girl with third ventricle tumor had non-radical surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy and irradiation. She is alive with no evidence of disease 8.5 years after diagnosis. The role of adjuvant therapy in the context of literature data is discussed. Conclusion. For choroids plexus carcinomas, adjuvant multiagent chemotherapy and craniospinal radiotherapy following surgery should be considered.
Summary		Izhodišče. Mnenja o vlogi adjuvantnega zdravljenja pri karcinomu horoidnega pleteža niso enotna. Namen tega poročila je predstaviti primer uspešnega zdravljenja te redke vrste tumorja. Rezultat. Štirinajstletna deklica s tumorjem tretjega ventrikla je bila zdravljena z neradikalno operacijo in adjuvantno kemoterapijo ter radioterapijo. Bolnica je 8,5 let po postavitvi diagnoze živa in brez znakov bolezni. V prispevku razpravljamo o vlogi adjuvantnega zdravljenja v kontekstu razpoložljivih podatkov iz literature. Zaključek. Pooperativna adjuvantna kombinirana kemoterapija in kraniospinalna radioterapija ima svoje mesto v zdravljenju karcinoma horoidnega pleteža.
Descriptors		CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT CHILD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING TREATMENT OUTCOME