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9202859

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
A case of pineal region tumor in a 9-year-old boy with a high serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP) level is reported. The serum levels of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) and placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) were not elevated. The tumor was composed of radiologically different components and was removed surgically. Postoperative radiation therapy was performed and the serum level of AFP gradually declined to the normal range. The pathological diagnosis was immature teratoma, and no elements of yolk sac tumor or embryonal carcinoma were found. In the immunohistochemical study, AFP was detected in the cytoplasm of gastrointestinal-type epithelium and primitive neuroepithelial element. This is considered a rare case of intracranial immature teratoma in which AFP was detected immunohistochemically in the columnar epithelium and immature neural tissue.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0256-7040
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
225-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Immature teratoma producing alpha-fetoprotein without components of yolk sac tumor in the pineal region.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports