title: Primary intrinsic chiasmal germinoma.
abstract: Intracranial germinomas are typically present in the suprasellar or pineal location, and their origin within the optic nerve or chiasm is extremely rare. We report a 25-year-old woman with an exophytic primary optic chiasm germinoma who underwent partial resection followed by radiation and had no detectable tumor on magnetic resonance imaging at 1-year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurological Surgery (NSC, FUA, JJM) and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Pathology (EW), and Ophthalmology (NS), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: Nauman S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
authors.forename: Faiz U
authors.initials: FU
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Whittington
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schatz
authors.forename: Jacques J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Morcos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D018237:Germinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000473:pathology*; D019574:Optic Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy