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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / March 2004Child stomach Teratoma
Dear Sirs, I am the father of a four months old child. When he was born, the doctors discovered a big tumor, more de one pound on the back of his stomach. He had surgery, ande everything seemed to return to be fine, but three days ago, they have discovered a new tumor, almost as big as the first one. I have many questions, and came here for help. Is this situation usual? He will have urgent surgery again in four days. Two operations on such a small baby have us felt very worried. Can this happen again and often? Coudl you advise us about a good children oncology hospital in the U.S.? Thanks in advance for your time. His name is Nicol?s. I beg you to pray for us all, his three brothers and his mother. ?ngel > Dear Sirs, > I am the father of a four months old child. When he was born, the doctors [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > ?ngel Angel, I am not a doctor, I cannot give you advice; but I am a parent and my heart goes out to you that you have to face this for a second time. I hope and pray that your son will recover. With best wishes Sinead > > Dear Sirs, > > I am the father of a four months old child. When he was born, the doctors [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > With best wishes > Sinead I am so sorry to hear of the diagnosis of your newest child. Cancer brings pain, both pysical and emotional, but a diagnosis of one so young must be the worst imaginable. I am not a medic either, I was a caregiver and I am now a single mother of young daughters, so I am unable to answer any technical questions that you may have, although there are others here that can and will. What I can offer though, is my sympathies, my support and my hugs and I would like to pass some of this onto yourself and your family. Best wishes Alayne "Á.G." wrote: > Dear Sirs, > I am the father of a four months old child. When he was born, the doctors [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Ángel Hello there, I am very sorry to hear about your little Nicolás. Apparently teratomas can recur, so it is not unusual. I'm not a doctor, I search out cancers. I've found one which seems similar (in age and location) to your son http://www.kjronline.org/abstract/files/v01n04226.pdf (which I cannot read due to a missing component in my software) http://tinyurl.com/2nlze (is the html version of the same report). (is part of what it says there). Gastric teratoma is an extremely rare neoplasm, accounting for less than 1% of all teratomas occurring in infancy and childhood. We describe a case in which histological examination of a gastric teratoma occurring in a 3-month-old boy disclosed immature neural tissue. The gross specimen of the round exogastric mass thus obtained measured 14×9×6.5 cm and originated from the posteroinferior wall of the stomach along its greater curvature (Fig. 1D). The tumor was totally excised, involving partial gastrectomy, and the defect in the stomach was repaired. Three months later, follow-up CT revealed neither evidence of tumor recurrence nor distant metastasis. Gastric teratomas are considered benign, with excellent prognosis after total excision.[end copied text] So perhaps this time they will have to do more extensive surgery and that would be the end of it? (I don't know) Tell us, are you in Spain? Perhaps the doctors who read this newsgroup would have suggestions as to treatments and/or the closest best to where you are, so please reply, then watch for other replies to your post. J Thank you in advance for your help. We are located in Valencia, a big city on the mediterranean coast. We attend "La Fe" Hospital, probably one of the best children clinic in Spain. Next monday, is holidays now in Valencia, I will show this documents to the doctors. Thank you one more time. ?ngel > > Dear Sirs, > > I am the father of a four months old child. When he was born, the doctors [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Thanks in advance for your time. > > His name is Nicol?s. I beg you to pray for us all, his three brothers and > > his mother. > > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > disclosed immature neural tissue. The gross specimen of the round exogastric > mass thus obtained measured 14?9?6.5 cm and originated from the posteroinferior > wall of the stomach along its greater curvature (Fig. 1D). > The tumor was totally excised, involving partial gastrectomy, and the defect in [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > please reply, then watch for other replies to your post. > J "Á.G." wrote: > Thank you in advance for your help. We are located in Valencia, a big city > on the mediterranean coast. We attend "La Fe" Hospital, probably one of the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Ángel Hello Ángel I was hoping to hear from Steph about whether radiation therapy would be an option, so keep checking to see if he has some thoughts for you. It does appear to be a rare condition, so perhaps he's never had patients with such.. And/or perhaps it's handled solely by surgeons. It does sound like you've got good care for the little one there. Keep in touch and let us know. Best, J > > Thank you in advance for your help. We are located in Valencia, a big city > > on the mediterranean coast. We attend "La Fe" Hospital, probably one of the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Best, > J Teratomas are generally very curable tumours, but the specifics are important, so I can't really say about this one. Often chemotherapy is the best treatment if surgery fails Hello, The clinic report states "Inmature Gastric Teratoma" for the first tumor. It was located on the stomach back. The size was very big, but well capsulated. The information about the histology is in spanish and I find myself unable to translate into english, ?ngel > > > Thank you in advance for your help. We are located in Valencia, a big > city [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > important, so I can't really say about this one. Often chemotherapy is the > best treatment if surgery fails "?.G." <a@a.com> wrote in message, > The clinic report states "Inmature Gastric Teratoma" You may want to search under "immature teratoma" stomach http://tinyurl.com/3fkvp http://tinyurl.com/2szwe http://tinyurl.com/2lvrd -- Take Care, Sharon Lane http://www.rare-cancer.org "Á.G." wrote: > Hello, > The clinic report states "Inmature Gastric Teratoma" for the first tumor. It [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > ángel Type it ángel, and we'll see if we can discern what it says. Best wishes for the surgery today. J plumaveloz1111quita_los_unos@terra.es said... > I am the father of a four months old child. When he was born, the doctors > discovered a big tumor, more de one pound on the back of his stomach. He had > surgery, ande everything seemed to return to be fine, but three days ago, > they have discovered a new tumor, almost as big as the first one. I can't answer your questions because I am not a doctor. (I am here because my mother has had a tumour (now removed) and I was looking for information to give her.) I am however also a parent - my youngest child is nearly 4 years old - and my heart goes out to you, your wife and your little one. You will find help here and support, from cancer patients, caregivers and also from the medically qualified people who post here. Hugs to Nicol?s too from my own son (aged 6) whose own name is Nicholas. Hello again, Nicol?s had surgery one week ago. It was a long, complicated operation, but finished with more or less good results: The tumor was extended over his stomach, intestinus and pancreas, but could have been mostly removed. We await now the results of the mass analysis. It didn?t look very well to the surgeon. He stated that it was probably malignat, buy we will care about that tomorrow. Today, we enjoy the beauty of a four months old MAN?s smile. Thank you all for your comprehension, cheer and help. ?ngel > Dear Sirs, > I am the father of a four months old child. When he was born, the doctors [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > ?ngel a@a.com said... > Today, we enjoy the beauty of a four months old MAN?s smile. > Thank you all for your comprehension, cheer and help. Thank you for reporting back - I was thinking about you and little Nicolas and wondering how you were all doing. I hope you don't have to wait too long for the results of the analysis. Sending lots of 'get well' hugs to you and your family, and especially little Nicolas. {{{{{hugs}}}}} > a@a.com said... > > Today, we enjoy the beauty of a four months old MAN´s smile. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > {{{{{hugs}}}}} You said it all Emily, so I'll add mine here ( ( ( hugs to Ángel, Nicolás and family ) ) ) J |
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