BACKGROUND Suprasellar germinomas are rare intracranial tumors frequently associated with permanent endocrine disorders.We present the clinical picture,treatment,and complications of suprasellar germinoma at pediatric...
Background The goal of this study is to show the feasibility and benefits of using the simultaneous biportal endoscopic procedure to treat pineal tumors in patients with obstructive hydrocephalus.Methods We retrospect...
Background The goal of this study is to show the feasibility and benefits of using the simultaneous biportal endoscopic procedure to treat pineal tumors in patients with obstructive hydrocephalus.Methods We retrospect...
BACKGROUND Osteochondromas are the most common benign bone tumor,accounting for 36%of benign bone tumors.Often found within the appendicular skeleton,osteochondromas of the spine are rare,comprising 4%to 7%of primary ...
Non-profit Central Research Institute Fund of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,No.2019XK320029;National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.91846106;Education and Teaching Reform Project of Peking Union Medical College,No.2014zlgc0316.
BACKGROUND Germinoma is a type of germ cell tumor that most frequently arises in the midline axis of the brain.Impaired vision is a clinical manifestation of germinnoma.Although rare,intracranial germinoma seeding to ...
Surgical interventions including ventriculostomy and ventriculo-peritoneal shunt were usually administrated in pineal germ cell tumor patients with symptomatic hydrocephalus. Considering higher sensitivity of germinom...
Background: Rapid visual acuity (VA) decline was a common complaint in patients with sellar/suprasellar germinoma. In our hospital, 3.4 Gy/2f of emergency irradiation was applied to save patient VA and enable subseque...
We report here, a young male patients referred with "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder" symptoms which emerged after the successful treatment of pineal germinoma. OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) is a frequent, chr...
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) level in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF hCG) is very useful for thediagnosis of intracranial germinoma. We have previously reported on two patients with germinoma located in the basal ...
Intraparenchymal haemorrhage in a pineal germinoma is a very rare, though clinically significant event. We report the first case of a significantly delayed intraparenchymal haemorrhage in a pineal germinoma, 14 days a...