title: Primary intracranial germinoma in the medulla oblongata.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Primary intracranial germ cell tumor in the medulla oblongata is very rare; only five cases, including our case, have been reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our patient, an 18-year-old woman, was diagnosed with a primary intracranial germinoma in the medulla oblongata by an open biopsy. She was treated successfully with chemotherapy and radiosurgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All five tumors in this site were histologically diagnosed as germinomas. The finding of female predominance in germ cell tumors in this region is shown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Miyakojima, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kishi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D018237:Germinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008526:Medulla Oblongata; D016634:Radiosurgery