Inherent diagnostic and treatment challenges in germinoma of the basal ganglia: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-314

  Villani, Anita ^a   Bouffet, Eric ^a   Blaser, Susan ^a   Millar, Barbara Ann ^b   Hawkins, Cynthia ^a   Bartels, Ute ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Paediatric Brain Tumor Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Intracranial germinoma; Irradiation; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CHOLINE; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; LIPID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CLONUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUTAMEN; RADIATION DOSE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44649153712     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9568-7     Document Type: Article

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