Multiple intracranial mixed germ cell tumors.
A case of sequential occurrence of multiple intracranial mixed germ cell tumors is presented. An 8-year-old boy with a cystic calcified tumor in the basal ganglia and an increased serum alpha-fetoprotein concentration was initially treated with radiotherapy. Six years later, a tumor composed of embryonal carcinoma and immature teratoma arose from the right temporo-parietal lobe. This tumor was treated successfully with surgery and radiochemotherapy. The possibility of multicentricity or intra-axial metastasis distant from the original site during the long-term course should be considered in treatment for intracranial germ cell tumors.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Tominaga
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Yoshimoto
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Kayama
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D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D018236:Carcinoma, Embryonal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018237:Germinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed