Primary intracranial germinoma with massive ventriculoperitoneal shunt metastases
作者:
Thomas S. Talamo,
Harvey Mendelow,
期刊:
Journal of Surgical Oncology
(WILEY Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 28,
issue 1
页码: 39-41
ISSN:0022-4790
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1002/jso.2930280111
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: pineal;germinoma;metastases
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractVentriculoperitoneal shunt metastases from primary intracranial germinomas are extremely rare. To date, only three case reports of this phenomenon have appeared in the literature. We present the case of a 25‐year‐old black male who developed ventriculoperitoneal shunt metastases 10 months following diagnosis of an intracranial germinoma. Radiotherapy destroyed most of the intracranial tumor, but abdominal metastases became progressive and were not treated with radiotherapy. The role of radiotherapy in the treatment of ventriculoperitoneal shunt metastases is examined and previous cases in the literature are revie
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