title: [Diagnostic difficulties in the case of a brain tumor of embryonic origin in an 18-year old man].
abstract: A case of an 18-year-old man with symptoms of diabetes insipidus and signs of hypothalamus injury was presented. The computerized tomography of the head and the examination of the cerebrospinal fluid suggested an inflammatory process. After a few-month observation, due to the increased level of tumor markers (human chorionic gonadotropin-HCG) and the results of the MR imaging, a tumor of an embryonic origin was recognized. The type of the tumor is unknown because a biopsy specimen for the histopathology could not have been taken.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Neurologii Dorosłych Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krześniak-Bohdan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bobek-Billewicz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zaucha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000032:analysis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin
vernacular_title: Trudności diagnostyczne w przypadku guza mózgu pochodzenia zarodkowego u 18-letniego mezczyzny.