Metastasis of an intracranial germinoma through a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Recurrence as a yolk-sac tumor

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-27

  Back, M R ^a   Hu, B ^b   Rutgers, J ^b   French, S ^b   Moore, T C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunts; Extraneural metastases; Intracranial germinoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 8044259001     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01194796     Document Type: Article

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