Early diagnosis in a case of atypically located germinoma:


Journal

Oxford medical case reports
ISSN: 2053-8855
Titre abrégé: Oxf Med Case Reports
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101642070

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2019
Historique:
received: 28 07 2018
revised: 23 12 2018
accepted: 14 01 2019
entrez: 6 3 2019
pubmed: 6 3 2019
medline: 6 3 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

CNS germinoma is a malignant germ cell tumor with a high potential for curative treatment. In MRI it mainly appears as contrast enhancing mass in the midline structures of the brain but it can also occur atypically located in the basal ganglia. We present the case of a 21-year-old patient suffering from psychiatric symptoms and a mild, right-sided hemiparesis. A MRI scan solely showed diffuse T2/FLAIR hyperintensity and mild atrophy around the left basal ganglia. As excessive diagnostics remained insignificant,

Identifiants

pubmed: 30834129
doi: 10.1093/omcr/omz001
pii: omz001
pmc: PMC6388103
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

omz001

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Auteurs

Eike Steidl (E)

Department of Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany.

Valentina Zschernack (V)

Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany.

Frank Träber (F)

Department of Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany.

Niklas Schäfer (N)

Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany.

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