Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with primary anterior mediastinal mixed germ cell tumors and IDH1/2 mutational status of cartilaginous teratoma component.

From: Atypical cartilage in type II germ cell tumors of the mediastinum show significantly different patterns of IDH1/2 mutations from conventional chondrosarcoma

Case

Age at Diagnosis (years)/Sex

Biopsy Diagnosis

Initial AFP Tumor Marker (ng/mL)

Initial ß-HCG Serum Level (IU/L)

Treatment

Resection Diagnosis

Tumor Size (cm)

Moran and Suster Proposed Clinical Staging

Follow-Up (months post resection)

IDH1/2 Mutational Status

1

33/M

N/A

>4000

N/A

Neoadjuvant VIP chemo (4 cycles), resection

Mixed GCT composed of mature teratoma and yolk sac tumor with focus of ENT

8.5

Stage I

DOD, acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (39)

Wild-type

2

27/M

N/A

>9000

N/A

Neoadjuvant BEP chemo (4 cycles), HD chemo with autologous SCT, resection

Mixed GCT (90% yolk sac tumor, 10% mature teratoma)

13.0

Stage IIIA (pleural nodules)

DOD (2)

Wild-type

3

25/M

Mixed GCT, likely yolk sac tumor

22,510

99

Neoadjuvant VIP chemo (4 cycles), resection

Mature teratoma

19.0

Stage II

DOD (50)

Wild-type

4

24/M

Immature teratoma

281

53,074

Neoadjuvant BEP chemo (2 cycles), HD chemo with autologous SCT, whole brain radiation, resection, palliative chemo

Mature teratoma

12.1

Stage IIIB (brain, lung and liver mets)

DOD (12)

Wild-type

5

30/M

N/A

N/A

N/A

Neoadjuvant VIP chemo (4 cycles), resection, lung metastasectomy

Mature teratoma

20.5

Stage IIIA (lung mets)

DOD (12)

Wild-type (both primary lesion and lung met)

6

22/M

N/A

>2100

33

Neoadjuvant VIP chemo (4 cycles), resection

Mixed GCT (99% mature teratoma with low-grade vascular proliferation, 1% yolk sac tumor)

22.0

Stage IIIA (pleural nodule)

NED (1)

Wild-type

7

29/M

Mixed GCT (60% mature teratoma, 30% embryonal and 10% yolk sac tumor)

3718

48.4

Neoadjuvant VIP chemo (4 cycles x2), resection, HD chemo, metastasectomy

Mature teratoma

13.2

Stage IIIA (subcutaneous pectoral nodule)

NED (38)

Wild-type

8

21/M

N/A

24,610

N/A

Neoadjuvant VIP chemo (4 cycles), resection

Mature teratoma

7.8

Stage I

NED (<1)

Wild-type

9

20/M

Yolk sac tumor

14,187

10

Neoaduvant VIP chemo (4 cycles), resection

Mature teratoma

14.5

Stage I

NED (47)

Wild-type

10

48/M

Yolk sac tumor

1096

110

Neoadjuvant VIP chemo (4 cycles), resection, adj chemo (2 cycles)

Mixed GCT (95% mature teratoma, 5% yolk sac tumor)

11.0

Stage I

NED (1)

Wild-type

11

20/M

N/A

3311

334

Neoadjuvant BEP chemo (4 cycles), resection

Mature teratoma

27.0

Stage IIIA (lung met)

NED (2)

Wild-type

12

34/M

Mixed GCT (yolk sac tumor and mature teratoma)

11,863

7.5

Neoadjuvant VIP chemo (4 cycles), resection, radiation

Mature teratoma

18.0

Stage IIIA (pleural nodules)

NED (71)

Wild-type

13

41/M

N/A

N/A

N/A

Neoadjuvant BEP chemo (4 cycles), resection

Mature teratoma

11.6

Stage IIIA (lung met)

NED (24)

IDH2 R172 mutation

14

24/M

Immature teratoma with sarcomatous elements

N/A

N/A

Neoadjuvant chemo, resection

Mature teratoma

3.5

Stage I

N/A

Wild-type

15

19/M

N/A

Elevated

N/A

Neoadjuvant BEP chemo, resection

Mixed GCT (yolk sac tumor including hepatoid form and mature teratoma)

15.4

Stage I

DOD (2)

Wild-type

16

28/M

Mixed GCT with yolk sac tumor with primitive malignant stroma

N/A

N/A

Neoadjuvant chemo, resection

Adenocarcinoma and primitive pleomorphic sarcoma arising in association with mature teratoma

12.0

Stage I

N/A

IDH2 R172 mutation

17

44/M

Yolk sac tumor

N/A

N/A

Neoadjuvant BEP chemo, resection

Mature teratoma

10.4

Stage I

DOC, pulmonary injury with bleomycin toxicity (2)

IDH2 R172 mutation

18

22/M

Mixed GCT (80% immature teratoma, 10% embryonal carcinoma, 10% yolk sac tumor)

Elevated

N/A

Neoadjuvant BEP (2 cycles), HD chemo, resection, adj chemo, lung metastasectomy, resection of recurrence with sarcomatous transformation, radiation

Mature teratoma with focal immature elements and highly atypical glial and stromal elements

25.0

Stage IIIB (lung, pleural, diaphragm and bone mets)

DOD (216)

Wild-type

19

35/M

Immature teratoma

Elevated

N/A

Neoadjuvant chemo, resection

Mixed GCT (80% mature teratoma with stromal atypia, 15% low grade pleomorphic sarcoma, <5% yolk sac tumor)

30.0

Stage IIIA (lung mets)

N/A

Wild-type

20

27/M

N/A

Negative

Negative

Resection

Immature teratoma, grade 1

10.8

Stage I

NED (59)

Wild-type

  1. Adj indicates adjuvant, AFP alpha fetoprotein, β-HCG beta human chorionic gonadotropin, BEP chemotherapy combination with bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin, chemo chemotherapy, DOC died of other causes, DOD died of disease, ENT embryonic-type neuroectodermal tumor, GCT germ cell tumor, HD high dose, M male, mets metastases, NED no evidence of disease, SCT stem cell transplant, VIP chemotherapy combination with etoposide, ifosfamide and cisplatin.