Radiological features of germinoma arising from atypical locations.
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.
Utsuki
Satoshi
S
Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. utsuki@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp
Oka
Hidehiro
H
Tanizaki
Yoshinori
Y
Kondo
Kouji
K
Fujii
Kiyotaka
K
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