Subarachnoid Dissemination of Pineal Germinoma 9 Years After Radiation Therapy without Local Relapse
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Late intrathoracic relapse of pineal germinoma connected to intraspinal canal.
Extraneural metastases of intracranial germinoma are rarely reported. The authors describe the first case of metastatic lung germinoma of the thoracic spine. A 27-year-old man presented with right shoulder pain and right upper limb weakness. He had a history of repetitive radiation therapy - nine (whole-abdomen; 15Gy), 12 (whole brain; 30Gy, whole spine 42Gy) and 14 years ago (local; 32Gy) - fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.31.725