A Case of Suprasellar Germinoma with Intrasellar Extension and Brain Stem Involvement. |
Kyu Chang Wang, Young Cho Koh, Hyun Jip Kim, Bo Sung Sim, Je G Chi |
1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. 2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. |
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ABSTRACT |
Suprasellar germinomas have been defined as a distinct group from the clinical as well as therapeutic points of view.
Germinomas of such location constitute less than a third of the total intracranial tumors of similar nature. The tumor has a tendency of direct infiltrative growth and distant drop metastasis through the cerebrospinal fluid pathway.
Occasionally it metastasizes outside central nervous system.
We experienced a case of suprasellar germinoma with intrasellar extension and brain stem involvement in a 25 year old man, which could be diagnosed with CT scan before autopsy. |
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