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20728859

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-23
pubmed:abstractText
A primary intracranial yolk sac tumor (YST) is a type of germ cell tumor (GCT) and usually involves the pineal or suprasellar regions, as do other GCTs. Primary YST in the basal ganglia is not common, and bilateral basal ganglia involvement is even rarer. Early diagnosis is often difficult because of minimal or subtle findings without space-occupying lesions shown on neuroimaging during the early course of the disease. We report a case of primary intracranial YST encountered in the basal ganglia bilaterally and describe the clinical presentation, diagnostic problem, imaging characteristics, histopathologic features, and prognosis of the tumor. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the third reported case of primary YST confined to the basal ganglia in the literature.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1728-7731
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2010 Elsevier. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
444-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary yolk sac tumor of bilateral basal ganglia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Branch for Women and Children, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports