Local recurrence and distant metastasis of supratentorial primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor in an adult patient successfully treated with intensive induction chemotherapy and maintenance temozolomide

J Neurooncol. 2007 Mar;82(1):113-6. doi: 10.1007/s11060-006-9249-3. Epub 2006 Sep 14.

Abstract

Supratentorial primitive neuro-ectodermal tumors (PNET) in adults are very rare. Extraneural metastasis are unusual and the optimal palliative chemotherapy regimen is not established. We present a 26-year-old patient with local recurrence and distant metastasis of supratentorial PNET successfully treated with intensive induction chemotherapy and maintenance temozolomide.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Bone Marrow Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Bone Marrow Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
  • Dacarbazine / administration & dosage
  • Dacarbazine / analogs & derivatives
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / administration & dosage
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / drug therapy
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / secondary*
  • Prednisone / administration & dosage
  • Remission Induction
  • Supratentorial Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Supratentorial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Supratentorial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Temozolomide
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Vincristine
  • Dacarbazine
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Prednisone
  • Temozolomide
  • Methotrexate

Supplementary concepts

  • MEVAP protocol