UKRAIN TREATMENT OF A PATIENT WITH RETROPERITONEAL SYNOVIAL SARCOMA. CASE REPORT

PROKOPCHUK O.L., ZEMSKOV S.V., SUSAK Y.M.

Department of General Surgery, Ukrainian State Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine.

Address for correspondence: O.L. Prokopchuk, Department of General Surgery, Ukrainian State Medical University, Prosp. 40-richya Zhovtnya 59-A, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Summary: A 23-year-old woman, diagnosed with a synovial sarcoma of the peritoneum, underwent an operation for tumor extraction. In the postoperative period, Ukrain was injected i.v. at a dose of W mg on alternate days, for a total of 10 injections. After a 2-month break, this schedule was repeated. Ukrain treatment was well tolerated by the patient and there were no complications in the postoperative period. The following changes in immunohematological parameters were observed: increased total leucocytes, T lymphocytes and T helpers. Nearly 4 years after Ukrain therapy, the patient is in complete remission.