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OBJECTIVE
We report the extremely rare occurrence of a second germ cell tumor at a different site and with different histological types long after total removal of a mature pineal teratoma.
METHODS
A 10-year-old boy who presented with headache and vomiting was admitted to our hospital.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome secondary to hypothalamic germinoma.
METHODS
We describe the clinical presentation, diagnostic work-up, management, and clinical course of a patient admitted with SMA syndrome who was subsequently found to have a hypothalamic
We described the major diagnostic difficulties encountered in the case of a 25-year-old man with the pathological diagnosis of a germinoma. The patient initially developed an eating disorder at the end of 2003 and a character change ensued since the beginning of 2004. On admission in August 2004,
In 1980, a 10-year-old boy was admitted to the authors' hospital with consciousness disturbance and vomiting. Computerized tomography (CT) scans revealed a pineal mass lesion and hydrocephalus. The tumor was totally removed and a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt was inserted. Histological
An 11-year-old boy presented with a 4-month history of progressive holocranial headache, intermittent vomiting and visual blurring. Later, he began walking unsteadily, with progressive bilateral visual and hearing loss. He had had two episodes of abnormal tonic posturing the day prior to admission.
The now nine years old girl with growth retardation, started to be ill with otitis and then diabetes insipidus of central origin at 1974. A treatment with lysin-vasopressin is prescribed. The PNEG in May 1976 shows a little, pea like, suspicious, supra-sellar nodule who is not surgically explored
METHODS
The authors describe a unique case of an 8-year-old girl with a germinoma located in the left basal ganglia. Medical history begins 5 months before with a central diabetes insipidus, loss of weight (5 kg at admission), vomiting and asthenia. Computed tomography (CT) and cranial magnetic
OBJECTIVE
Tumors of the hypothalamic-pineal region may present with a wide variety of symptoms, including disturbed eating. We present a case where such a tumor was misdiagnosed as anorexia nervosa.
METHODS
We describe a case of pineal germinoma invading the hypothalamus, which was initially
OBJECTIVE
Primary intracranial germinomas (PIGs) are rare malignant brain tumors that represent approximately 0.2% to 1.7% of all primary intracranial tumors. PIGs have infrequent, but there is a possibility of spinal cord metastases. In this study, clinical outcomes of five consecutive PIGs have
Germinomas in childhood may arise in both the suprasellar and pineal region, and outcome has been reported to be worse for suprasellar germinomas with a 5-year survival rate of 20% as compared to 60% for pineal germinoma. To determine the factors impacting on outcome, the results of a uniform
OBJECTIVE
To analyse the clinical characteristics of intracranial germinoma.
METHODS
Retrospective analysis was applied to study the clinical characteristics of 26 intracranial germ cell tumor patients admitted to our hospital during 1991-2003. The clinical, biochemical and imaging profiles
BACKGROUND
The medulla oblongata is the lower half of the brainstem. It contains the cardiac, respiratory, vomiting, and vasomotor centers and deals with autonomic functions such as breathing, heartbeat, and blood pressure. Primary medulla oblongata germinoma is very rare and less than 20 cases have
BACKGROUND
Testicular seminomas are well known to regress spontaneously at a higher incidence than other tumors. To date, there have been no reports of spontaneous regression of an intracranial germinoma, although these tumors are histologically identical to testicular seminomas.
METHODS
The authors
A 23 year-old patient was referred to the endocrine outpatient clinic with the suspicion of diabetes insipidus as he complained of nycturia and polydipsia since 2-3 months. Further he presented with nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, rapid weight loss, diffuse body pain and fatigue. No headache,
It is well known that Down's syndrome is sometimes associated with leukemia. However, there have been only a few case reports of a relationship between Down's syndrome and brain tumors. We report 2 cases with histological diagnoses of germinoma. The 1st case was a 10-year-old boy with Down's