Pineal mixed germ cell tumor with a synchronous sellar lesion in the sixth decade

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-166

  Bohara, Manoj ^a   Hirano, Hirofumi ^a   Tokimura, Hiroshi ^a   Hanaya, Ryosuke ^a   Yonezawa, Hajime ^a   Campos, Francia ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuhiko ^b   Sugata, Sei ^a   Arita, Kazunori ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mixed germ cell tumor; Older adult; Pineal; Sellar

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DESMOPRESSIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; GAZE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIXED TUMOR; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; TERATOMA;

EID: 80052715965     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: 1861387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10014-011-0018-4     Document Type: Article

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