Extraneural metastasis of intracranial germinoma with syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells -Case report-

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 574-577

  Akai, Takuya ^a   Iizuka, Hideaki ^a   Kadoya, Satoru ^a   Nojima, Takayuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germinoma; Metastasis; Syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0031661334     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.574     Document Type: Article

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