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Malignant Pericardial Germ Cell Tumor

MedGen UID:
1642847
•Concept ID:
C4687704
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A malignant germ cell tumor that arises within the pericardium. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMalignant Pericardial Germ Cell Tumor

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Prenatal Diagnosis and Outcome of Intrapericardial Teratoma: Report of Two Clinical Scenarios.
Martínez-García A, Cervantes-Salazar J, Copado-Mendoza DY, Aranda-Fraustro A, Barrera-Valdivieso MA, Pereira-López GI, Calderón-Colmenero J
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2023 Jan;14(1):88-90. Epub 2022 Oct 16 doi: 10.1177/21501351221129189. PMID: 36250319
Prenatal management of fetal intrapericardial teratoma: a systematic review.
Nassr AA, Shazly SA, Morris SA, Ayres N, Espinoza J, Erfani H, Olutoye OA, Sexson SK, Olutoye OO, Fraser CD Jr, Belfort MA, Shamshirsaz AA
Prenat Diagn 2017 Sep;37(9):849-863. Epub 2017 Aug 7 doi: 10.1002/pd.5113. PMID: 28695637
Prenatal diagnosis and follow-up of 23 cases of cardiac tumors.
Niewiadomska-Jarosik K, Stańczyk J, Janiak K, Jarosik P, Moll JJ, Zamojska J, Respondek-Liberska M
Prenat Diagn 2010 Sep;30(9):882-7. doi: 10.1002/pd.2586. PMID: 20715118

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Fetal Intrapericardial Teratomas: An Update.
Yuan SM
Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol 2020 Aug;224(4):187-193. Epub 2020 Jun 23 doi: 10.1055/a-1114-6572. PMID: 32575128
Cardiac tumors.
Petris AO, Alexandrescu DM, Costache II
Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 2014 Apr-Jun;118(2):289-92. PMID: 25076689
Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the thymus.
Schweigert M, Meyer C, Wolf F, Stein HJ
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2011 Feb;12(2):303-5. Epub 2010 Nov 10 doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.254052. PMID: 21068011
Intrapericardial carcinoid metastasis.
Collins N, Bellamy G, Hayes P
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2004 Jun;17(6):675-6. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.02.008. PMID: 15163942
Usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging of cardiac and paracardiac masses.
Hoffmann U, Globits S, Schima W, Loewe C, Puig S, Oberhuber G, Frank H
Am J Cardiol 2003 Oct 1;92(7):890-5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00911-1. PMID: 14516903

Diagnosis

Neoplastic Pericardial Disease.
Maleszewski JJ, Anavekar NS
Cardiol Clin 2017 Nov;35(4):589-600. Epub 2017 Sep 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2017.07.011. PMID: 29025549
An Unusual Schwannoma.
Waghmare SK, Desai U, Karkhanis VS, Amonkar G, Joshi JM
J Assoc Physicians India 2017 Jun;65(6):92-94. PMID: 28782320
Cardiac paragangliomas.
Wang JG, Han J, Jiang T, Li YJ
J Card Surg 2015 Jan;30(1):55-60. Epub 2014 Oct 20 doi: 10.1111/jocs.12455. PMID: 25331372
Aorticopulmonary paraganglioma.
Hato T, Kaseda K, Harada M, Horio H
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011 Dec;59(12):812-4. Epub 2011 Dec 16 doi: 10.1007/s11748-010-0769-6. PMID: 22173680
Tumors of the mediastinum.
Duwe BV, Sterman DH, Musani AI
Chest 2005 Oct;128(4):2893-909. doi: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2893. PMID: 16236967

Therapy

Cardiac metastasis from small cell lung cancer origin: A case report and review of the literature.
Tian L, Liu M, He L, Zhang Q, Li Q, Zhang H
Cancer Rep (Hoboken) 2022 Nov;5(11):e1711. Epub 2022 Sep 18 doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1711. PMID: 36117246Free PMC Article
Cytomegalovirus duodenitis in immunocompetent patients: what else should we look for?
Costa D, Fernandes D, Furtado A, Santa Cruz A
BMJ Case Rep 2017 Jun 13;2017 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-219679. PMID: 28611166Free PMC Article
Pleural and pericardial effusions in cancer patients.
McKenna RJ Jr, Ali MK, Ewer MS, Frazier OH
Curr Probl Cancer 1985 Jun;9(6):1-44. doi: 10.1016/s0147-0272(85)80034-9. PMID: 3896666
Cardiac effects of noncardiac neoplasms.
Schoen FJ, Berger BM, Guerina NG
Cardiol Clin 1984 Nov;2(4):657-70. PMID: 6400009
Carcinoid pericarditis.
Rich LL, Lisa CP, Nasser WK
Am J Med 1973 Apr;54(4):522-7. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(73)90048-x. PMID: 4696009

Prognosis

Prenatal Diagnosis and Outcome of Intrapericardial Teratoma: Report of Two Clinical Scenarios.
Martínez-García A, Cervantes-Salazar J, Copado-Mendoza DY, Aranda-Fraustro A, Barrera-Valdivieso MA, Pereira-López GI, Calderón-Colmenero J
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2023 Jan;14(1):88-90. Epub 2022 Oct 16 doi: 10.1177/21501351221129189. PMID: 36250319
Squamous cells in pericardial fluid.
Sharma A, Kane SV
Diagn Cytopathol 2021 Jun;49(6):782-784. Epub 2021 Apr 23 doi: 10.1002/dc.24754. PMID: 33891796
Cardiac tumors.
Petris AO, Alexandrescu DM, Costache II
Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 2014 Apr-Jun;118(2):289-92. PMID: 25076689
Tumors of the mediastinum.
Duwe BV, Sterman DH, Musani AI
Chest 2005 Oct;128(4):2893-909. doi: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2893. PMID: 16236967
Intrapericardial pheochromocytoma.
Dresler C, Cremer J, Logemann F, Haverich A
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 Apr;46(2):100-2. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1010200. PMID: 9618814

Clinical prediction guides

Fetal intrapericardial teratomas.
Yuan SM, Lin H
Turk J Pediatr 2019;61(2):153-158. doi: 10.24953/turkjped.2019.02.001. PMID: 31951327
Mediastinal schwannoma diagnosed preoperatively as a cyst.
Taguchi S, Mori A, Suzuki R, Hasegawa I, Sato H, Sugiura H, Irie R
Tex Heart Inst J 2014 Feb;41(1):76-9. doi: 10.14503/THIJ-12-2760. PMID: 24512408Free PMC Article
Duraplasty: our current experience.
Caroli E, Rocchi G, Salvati M, Delfini R
Surg Neurol 2004 Jan;61(1):55-9; discussion 59. doi: 10.1016/s0090-3019(03)00524-x. PMID: 14706380
Usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging of cardiac and paracardiac masses.
Hoffmann U, Globits S, Schima W, Loewe C, Puig S, Oberhuber G, Frank H
Am J Cardiol 2003 Oct 1;92(7):890-5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00911-1. PMID: 14516903
Unusual thoracoabdominal sites of metastases in testicular tumors.
Husband JE, Bellamy EA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 1985 Dec;145(6):1165-71. doi: 10.2214/ajr.145.6.1165. PMID: 2998169

Recent systematic reviews

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prevalence and Outcomes of Cardiac Metastasis of Neuroendocrine Malignancies.
Hamza M, Manasrah N, Patel NN, Sattar Y, Patel B
Am J Cardiol 2023 May 1;194:86-92. Epub 2023 Mar 29 doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.02.011. PMID: 36996525
Metastatic melanoma of the heart: Retrospective cohort study and systematic review of prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes.
Balinski AM, Vasbinder AL, Kerndt CC, Catalan TC, Parry NP, Rehman RA, Blakely P, Yeow RY, Leja MJ, Lao CD, Fecher LA, Hayek SS
Cancer Med 2023 Feb;12(3):2356-2367. Epub 2022 Jul 27 doi: 10.1002/cam4.5058. PMID: 35894689Free PMC Article
Primary and metastatic primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the heart: A systematic review.
Hajsadeghi S, Iranpour A, Amouei E, Tehrani NH, Ghavidel A, Ziaie H, Asadi O, Moradians V, Tayebi A, Mestres CA, Manqoutaei SA
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2022 Sep;30(7):761-771. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1177/02184923221083434. PMID: 35306869
Early treatment of intrapericardial teratoma: a case presentation and systematic literature review.
Cavalcante CTMB, Pinto Júnior VC, Pompeu RG, Férrer JVCC, Cavalcante MB, Araujo Júnior E, Peixoto AB, Castello Branco KM
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2019 Jul;32(13):2262-2268. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1427059. PMID: 29320914
Prenatal management of fetal intrapericardial teratoma: a systematic review.
Nassr AA, Shazly SA, Morris SA, Ayres N, Espinoza J, Erfani H, Olutoye OA, Sexson SK, Olutoye OO, Fraser CD Jr, Belfort MA, Shamshirsaz AA
Prenat Diagn 2017 Sep;37(9):849-863. Epub 2017 Aug 7 doi: 10.1002/pd.5113. PMID: 28695637

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