Germinoma of the basal ganglia: An 8-year asymptomatic history after detection of abnormality on CT

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 306-311

  Takeda, Naoya ^a   Fujita, Katsuzo ^a   Katayama, Shigenori ^a   Uchihashi, Yoshito ^a   Okamura, Yusuke ^a   Nigami, Hiroyuki ^a   Hashimoto, Kimio ^a   Kohmura, Eiji ^b  

^a NISHI KOBE MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Calcification; Germinoma; Ipsilateral hemiatrophy; Stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 17844397483     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083745     Document Type: Article

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