Recurrent intracranial germinoma with dissemination along the ventricular catheter: A case report

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 708-710

  Shima, Hidehiro ^a   Nishizaki, Takafumi ^a   Ishihara, Hideyuki ^a   Moroi, Junta ^a   Fujii, Masami ^a   Suzuki, Michiyasu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter; Germinoma; Recurrence; Ventriculo peritoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036853323     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2001.1068     Document Type: Article

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