A rare case of a simultaneously detected suprasellar and intramedullary spinal cord germinoma

作者：Rabo Carter S; Hashimoto Naoya^*; Kagawa Naoki; Fujita Toshiaki; Hirayama Ryuichi; Otsuki Hideo; Kinoshita Manabu; Yoshimine Toshiki

来源：Brain Tumor Pathology, 2010, 27(2): 117-120.

DOI：10.1007/s10014-010-0269-5

• Simultaneous multifocal primary germinomas
• Primary CNS germinoma
• Primary spinal cord germinoma

We report the case of a 28-year-old man who presented with the sole complaint of lumbago. Spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a solitary, well-defined intramedullary mass at the L1-L2 level typical of a primary spinal cord germinoma. However, cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a concomitant lesion in the suprasellar region. This article describes a rare case of simultaneously detected intracranial and intramedullary spinal cord germinoma and its possible etiopathology.

• 出版日期2010-10