A rare case of a simultaneously detected suprasellar and intramedullary spinal cord germinoma.
We report the case of a 28-year-old man who presented with the sole complaint of lumbago. Spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a solitary, well-defined intramedullary mass at the L1-L2 level typical of a primary spinal cord germinoma. However, cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a concomitant lesion in the suprasellar region. This article describes a rare case of simultaneously detected intracranial and intramedullary spinal cord germinoma and its possible etiopathology.
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Carter S
CS
Rabo
Naoya
N
Hashimoto
Naoki
N
Kagawa
Toshiaki
T
Fujita
Ryuichi
R
Hirayama
Hideo
H
Otsuki
Manabu
M
Kinoshita
Toshiki
T
Yoshimine
D000328:Adult; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D018237:Germinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18