Late Recurrence in Ovarian Dysgerminoma Presenting as a Primary Retroperitoneal Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Reported and present cases of late recurrence (more than 2 years) in ovarian dysgerminomas.

Case number	Patient age at recurrence (years old)	Time of late recurrence	Initial treatment	Site recurrence	Treatment at late recurrence	Outcome
1 [5]	26	6 years	Surgery	Neck and abdomen	Surgery	Died
2 [6]	58	33 years	Surgery	Paraaortic, supraclavicular LN	Surgery, chemo	Alive
3 [7]	29	2.5 years	Surgery, RT	Abdomen	None	Died
4 [7]	31	5.7 years	Surgery	Abdomen	None	Died
5 [8]	Not available	5 years	Surgery	Paraaortic LN	Surgery	Alive
6 [9]	12	5 years	Surgery	Peritoneum	Chemo, RT	Alive
7 [9]	19	6 years	Surgery, chemo	Pelvis and retroperitoneum	Surgery, chemo	Alive
8 [10]	32	20 years	Surgery	Pelvis and abdomen	Chemo	Died
9 [11]	37	12 years	Surgery	Pelvis	Chemo	Alive
10 (present case)	74	39 years	Surgery, RT	Retroperitoneum	Surgery, chemo	Alive

LN: lymph node; RT: radiation therapy; chemo: chemotherapy.