Germinoma with synchronous lesions in the pineal and suprasellar regions

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1513-1518

  Lee, Lester ^a,b   Saran, Frank ^a,c   Hargrave, Darren ^a,c   Bódi, István ^a   Bassi, Sanj ^a   Hortobágyi, Tibor ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germcell tumour; Germinoma; Intracranial; Pineal; Radiotherapy; Suprasellar

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; DESMOPRESSIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETHARGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGITIS; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHILD; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEALOMA; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 33845692066     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0248-7     Document Type: Article

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