Germinoma with synchronous involvement of midline and off-midline structures associated with progressive hemiparesis and hemiatrophy in a young adult

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1341-1345

  Sartori, S ^a   Laverda, Anna Maria ^a   Calderone, M ^b   Carollo, C ^b   Viscardi, E ^a   Faggin, R ^a   Perilongo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Institute of Neuroradiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Germ cell tumor; Germinoma; Hemiatrophy; Hemiparesis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DYSTONIA; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ATROPHY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRUM; CHILD; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PARESIS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; THALAMIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34648843712     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0390-x     Document Type: Article

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