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
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
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