title: Suprasellar embryonal carcinoma which developed ten years after local radiation therapy for pineal germinoma.
abstract: We recently encountered a case of suprasellar embryonal carcinoma which developed 10 years after local radiation therapy for pineal germinoma. This 29-year-old male was admitted because of abnormal behavior, disturbed consciousness, and increased intracranial pressure. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging disclosed a tumor spreading from the suprasellar region to the third ventricle and the anterior horn of the left lateral ventricle, accompanied by fresh hemorrhage within the tumor. He underwent subtotal removal of the tumor, followed by chemotherapy with cisplatin and etoposide. The tumor was histologically rated as embryonal carcinoma with differentiation into yolk sac tumor and choriocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaoka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiramatsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008649:Mesonephroma / Q000175:diagnosis; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis; D010870:Pineal Gland; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013997:Time Factors