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18371980

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
We herein report a 12-year-old girl with a basal ganglia germinoma who presented with right-sided hemiparesis after a minor head trauma. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a minimally enhanced lesion involving the left putamen, thalamus, and corona radiata. The lesion showed low-signal intensity on T1-, and high intensity on T2- and diffusion-weighted imaging. The MR signal in the adjacent globus pallidum was also low on T2-weighted imaging. MR spectroscopy on the lesion showed a large lactate/lipid/macromolecule peak with a decreased NAA/Cr ratio, but no increase in the Cho/Cr ratio. However, posttraumatic infarction at the territory of lateral lenticulostriate artery was ruled out 1 month later. This was based on progression of the hemiparesis and neuroimaging results, including an increased Cho/Cr ratio and weak uptake on (11)C-methionine positron emission tomography of the basal ganglia lesion. Stereotaxic brain biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of germinoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-510X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
270
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
189-93
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Basal ganglia germinoma: diagnostic value of MR spectroscopy and (11)C-methionine positron emission tomography.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan. yujinn0728@ybb.ne.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports