[Suspected germ cell tumor in bilateral basal ganglia with progressive dystonia].
No To Hattatsu
; 22(3): 284-9, 1990 May.
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| ID: mdl-2163665
ABSTRACT
We report an 11-year-old boy with left pyramidal signs followed by progressive dystonia, mental deterioration, bradykinesia and bradyarthria. Evaluation included a CT scan which showed bilateral lesions in the basal ganglia, and an elevated serum B-HCG. Those findings suggested a germ cell tumor. The patient was treated with radiation therapy with improvement in neurologic deficits, decreased size of the lesions on CT and a decline in serum B-HCG. The clinical response to radiation treatment is compatible with a germ cell tumor.
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Assunto principal:
Doenças dos Gânglios da Base
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Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Neoplasias Embrionárias de Células Germinativas
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Distonia
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Child
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Humans
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Male
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Ja
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No To Hattatsu
Ano de publicação:
1990
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Article