Intracranial Germ-Cell Tumors

Intracranial germ cell tumors.

Intracranial germ cell tumors are a heterogeneous group of lesions which occur in children and adults. Within the classification of intracranial germ cell tumors, there are a variety of different tumor types which carry different prognoses. The diagnosis of an intracranial germ cell tumor usually requires histological information, but a subgroup of tumors will secrete specific tumor markers, in...

CT of pineal tumors and intracranial germ-cell tumors.

We reviewed 59 cases of pineal tumors and intracranial germ-cell tumors. Most pineal tumors occurred in the first three decades of life, with the exception of pineocytomas, which were seen at a mean age of 34. A male preponderance was noted in the various pineal tumors, except for pineocytomas. The most common tumor of the pineal region was germinoma, which usually showed high density with homo...

Diagnostic Imaging of Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors: A Review

Germ Cell Tumors Gc-01. the Treatment for Histologically Unconfirmed Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors: Experience of 38 Cases

Between May 2002 and August 2010, a total of 38 patients, who were clinically diagnosed as, but without surgical biopsy confirmation, intracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs) were treated at our Cancer Center. The patients were grouped into chemotherapy(n 1⁄4 21 ), radiotherapy(n 1⁄4 5), and stereotactic radiotherapy (n 1⁄4 12) based on the primary treatment. Median age of the patients at diagnosis...

Extragonadal germ cell tumors.

Germ cell cancer is the most common malignancy in men aged 15–35 years; 5% of the malignant germ cell tumors are of extragonadal origin [1]. An extragonadal germ cell tumor (EGGCT) is by definition a germ cell neoplasm displaying one of the histologies associated with gonadal origin, but located outside of the gonads. This specific clinical entity was first described in the 19th century [2, 3]....