Radiological features of germinoma arising from atypical locations

Three cases of intracranial germinoma arising from atypical locations occurred in 13-, 22-, and 28-year-old males. The location of the tumor was the corpus callosum (2 cases) and the temporal lobe. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed all three tumors had a largest dimension, in...

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Published inNeurologia medico-chirurgica Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 268 - 271
Main Authors Utsuki, Satoshi, Oka, Hidehiro, Tanizaki, Yoshinori, Kondo, Kouji, Fujii, Kiyotaka
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan 01.05.2005
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Brain Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Brain Neoplasms - pathology
Brain Neoplasms - surgery
Corpus Callosum - diagnostic imaging
Corpus Callosum - pathology
Corpus Callosum - surgery
Germinoma - diagnostic imaging
Germinoma - pathology
Germinoma - surgery
Humans
Male
Radiography
Temporal Lobe - diagnostic imaging
Temporal Lobe - pathology
Temporal Lobe - surgery
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Summary:Three cases of intracranial germinoma arising from atypical locations occurred in 13-, 22-, and 28-year-old males. The location of the tumor was the corpus callosum (2 cases) and the temporal lobe. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed all three tumors had a largest dimension, including the internal cyst, of over 6 cm, and the cysts were larger than 2.5 cm. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy caused all tumors to disappear. Large tumor and large cyst are features of germinoma arising from atypical locations.
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ISSN:0470-8105