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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Jul 18;59(11):161632. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.07.017

Table 2.

Characteristics of Patients with Abnormalities on FP Specimen Biopsy.

Patient Age in years (Tanner stage) Procedure Diagnosis prior to FP CED of treatment prior to FP (mg/m2) Risk to fertility of prior treatment Malignancy present in gonadal biopsy Germ cells present Continued long term storage
1 14 (4) OTC Immature teratoma 0 0 Mixed germ cell tumor Yes Yes
2 15 (5) OTC Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor 3396 Minimally increased risk Desmoplastic Round Cell Tumor Yes Yes
3 13 (5) OTC Rhabdomyosarcoma 0 0 Rhabdomyosarcoma Yes Yes
4 4 (1) OTC High-Risk Neuroblastoma 4000 Minimally increased risk B Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia Yes Yes
5 2 (1) OTC Neuroblastoma 2000 Minimally increased risk None No Yes
6 10 (1) OTC B Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia 3000 Minimally increased risk None No Yes
7 2 (1) TTC B Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia 7000 Significantly increased risk B Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia Yes Yes
8 2 (1) TTC B Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia 0 0 B Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia Yes Yes
9 10 (1) TTC Hypergonadotropic Hypogonadism 0 0 None No Yes
10 4 (1) TTC Aplastic Anemia 0 0 None No Yes

Patients who either were found to have malignant cells or an absence of germ cells on biopsy of FP tissue are included in this table. Fertility preservation (FP); Cyclophosphamide equivalency dose (CED); Ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC); Testicular tissue cryopreservation (TTC).