Case Report

Peripheral Medulloepithelioma: A Rare Entity to Know

Table 1

Review of literature for peripheral medulloepithelioma cases [315].

ReferenceAgeGenderSiteStageMetastasisTherapyOutcome

Kleinman et al. [11]20 yrFOvaryINoComplete surgery, CTNED, 108 mo
Kleinman et al.32 yrFOvaryINoComplete surgery, CTNED, 36 mo
Kleinman et al.13 yrFOvaryIIINoComplete surgeryDOD, 20 mo
Kleinman et al.23 yrFOvaryIIINoComplete surgery, CT, RTDOD, 2 mo
Figarella-Branger et al. [16]17 yrFPelvisIVLungSurgery on primitive tumorDOD, 8 mo
Bruggers et al. [5]BirthFPelvisIIINoPartial resection, CTNED, 50 mo
Donner and Teshima [12]12 yrFPelvisIIINoCTNED, 36 mo
Nakamura et al. [8]6 moMPelvis (sciatic nerve)IIINoComplete surgeryNED, 84 mo
De Pasquale et al. [3]3 yrFRetroperitoneal massIIINoSurgery, CT, autograft, RTNED, 6 mo, then replase
Pillai et al. [10]3 yrFPelvisINoComplete surgery, CT, RTNED, 5 mo
Seemayer et al. [7]5 yrFPresacralNoSurgery, RT, CT (after metastasis)Liver metastases after 2 mo, died 8 mo after diagnosis
Somjee et al. [17]3 yrMPresacralIVLiver and lung metastasesCTOn treatment (8 mo)
Tran et al. [18]5 yrFSacrococcygealNoSurgery, RTRecurrence 6 yr after diagnosis, liver metastasis
Lee et al. [19]BirthMSacrococcygealSurgery, CTDOD, cerebral metastasis
Honnart et al. [4]2 yrFPresacralNoCT, surgery, rapamycin maintenanceNED 5 yr
Our case3 yrFPresacralIVLiverPartial surgery, CTAlive

Legend: F: female; M: male; yr: years; mo: months; CT: chemotherapy; RT: radiotherapy; NED: nonevidence of disease; DOD: died of disease.