A Case of Suprasellar Germinoma with Intrasellar Extension and Brain Stem Involvement.
- Author:
Kyu Chang WANG
1
;
Young Cho KOH
;
Hyun Jip KIM
;
Bo Sung SIM
;
Je G CHI
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Adult;
Autopsy;
Brain Stem*;
Brain*;
Central Nervous System;
Cerebrospinal Fluid;
Germinoma*;
Humans;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1981;10(1):323-328
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Suprasellar germinomas have been defined as a distinct group from the clinical as well as therapeutic points of view. Germinomas of such location constitute less than a third of the total intracranial tumors of similar nature. The tumor has a tendency of direct infiltrative growth and distant drop metastasis through the cerebrospinal fluid pathway. Occasionally it metastasizes outside central nervous system. We experienced a case of suprasellar germinoma with intrasellar extension and brain stem involvement in a 25 year old man, which could be diagnosed with CT scan before autopsy.
