title: Radiological features of germinoma arising from atypical locations.
abstract: Three cases of intracranial germinoma arising from atypical locations occurred in 13-, 22-, and 28-year-old males. The location of the tumor was the corpus callosum (2 cases) and the temporal lobe. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed all three tumors had a largest dimension, including the internal cyst, of over 6 cm, and the cysts were larger than 2.5 cm. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy caused all tumors to disappear. Large tumor and large cyst are features of germinoma arising from atypical locations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. utsuki@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Utsuki
authors.forename: Hidehiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanizaki
authors.forename: Kouji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Kiyotaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018237:Germinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery