[Suprasellar germinoma: two case reports]. / Germinome suprasellaire: à propos de deux cas.
Tunis Med
; 80(3): 158-61, 2002 Mar.
Article
em Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12355646
ABSTRACT
Suprasellar germinomas are frequent in childhood and adolescence, particularly in male sex. The clinical and neuroendocrine abnormalities depend of tumor localization Increased intracranial pressure, visual disturbances, hypopituitarism, Parinaud syndrome. We report two cases of suprasellar germinoma in young male patients (16 and 18 years old). The first patient hrad corticotorpin insufficiency and clinical signs of hypothyroïdism and hypogonadism. The second had central hypocorticism, hypothyroïdism and hypogonadism associated with central diabetes insipidus and hyperprolactinemia. The diagnosis of germinoma was confirmed after surgery by anatomopathologic examination in the first case and by stereotaxic biopsy in the second case. Treatment by radiotherapy improves prognosis of this disease.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias do Sistema Nervoso Central
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Germinoma
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Tunis Med
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Tunísia