Extrapyramidal disorder with pineal germinoma. Case report.
Space-occupying lesions of the basal ganglia are a rare cause of extrapyramidal dysfunction in children. Metastatic pineal germinoma in both basal ganglia produced dystonia in a 12-year-old boy. The literature is reviewed. Extrapyramidal manifestations in the child are compared with previously reported cases of basal ganglia neoplasms.
D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology