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20671389

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
A 21-year-old woman presented with an intramedullary spinal cord germinoma and a history of gait disturbance and elimination disorder. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging demonstrated two isolated lesions, one located within the medulla between T9 and T11, and another at the cauda equina (L2 to L3 levels). After partial reduction of the intramedullary mass, histological findings revealed that the tumor was typical germinoma. Further MR imaging revealed no evidence of intracranial germinoma. Combined chemotherapy (carboplatin and etoposide) and whole spine radiation were performed. Follow-up MR imaging showed that the enhanced mass at the L2-L3 levels had disappeared. No recurrence of the tumor has been detected 3 years after the operation, and no dissemination into the cranial area was detected. Cisplatin and etoposide chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy is recommended for primary spinal germinoma, and is effective for inhibition of both tumor dissemination and recurrence.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1349-8029
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
592-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary intramedullary spinal cord germinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Tottori University, Yonago, Tottori, Japan. yuusuke.kinoshita@hospital.tottori.tottori.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports