The growing teratoma syndrome: Current review of the literature

Abstract

Growing teratoma syndrome (GTS) is a rare condition among patients with non-seminomatous germ cell tumors who present with enlarging metastatic masses during appropriate systemic chemotherapy and in the context of normalized serum markers. This article reviews the current pertinent scientific literature on the diagnosis and management of GTS.

Keywords

• Enlarging metastatic mass
• growing teratoma
• non-seminatous germ cell tumors