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Suprasellar cystic germinoma

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We report on a germinoma in the suprasellar region, which had multiple large cystic components. A 13-year-old girl with disturbed visual acuity and growth retardation was admitted to our hospital for treatment of an intracranial tumor. The lesion was difficult to diagnose as a germinoma preoperatively, because of its radiographic characteristics. Histopathological examination revealed that the tumor was a germinoma. Surgery, chemotherapy with carboplatin and etoposide, and radiotherapy (30 Gy) were successful in inducing complete remission of the tumor. The patient's endocrine status remained normal, except for a low GH concentration and diabetes insipidus.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Mito National Hospital, 3-2-1, Higashihara, Mito, Ibaraki, 300 Japan, , , , , , JP

    K. Suzuki, Makoto Sonobe, Kyoichi Sugita & Shinichirou Takahashi

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Saitama Medical School, Morohongou 38, Moroyama-cho, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495 Japan, , , , , , JP

    Masao Matsutani

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Received: 4 June 1997 Revised: 23 May 1998

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Suzuki, K., Sonobe, M., Matsutani, M. et al. Suprasellar cystic germinoma. Child's Nerv Syst 15, 134–136 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050351

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