Primary intramedullary spinal cord germinoma. Case report. 1996

A Miyauchi, and K Matsumoto, and E Kohmura, and T Doi, and K Hashimoto, and K Kawano
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Japan.

Primary central nervous system germinoma usually presents as an extraaxial intracerebral mass. The authors report the rare occurrence of an intramedullary spinal cord germinoma at the conus medullaris in a 24-year-old man, which was treated by partial removal and radiation therapy. The tumor was highly radiosensitive and the patient remains disease free 15 months posttreatment.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013116 Spinal Cord A cylindrical column of tissue that lies within the vertebral canal. It is composed of WHITE MATTER and GRAY MATTER. Coccygeal Cord,Conus Medullaris,Conus Terminalis,Lumbar Cord,Medulla Spinalis,Myelon,Sacral Cord,Thoracic Cord,Coccygeal Cords,Conus Medullari,Conus Terminali,Cord, Coccygeal,Cord, Lumbar,Cord, Sacral,Cord, Spinal,Cord, Thoracic,Cords, Coccygeal,Cords, Lumbar,Cords, Sacral,Cords, Spinal,Cords, Thoracic,Lumbar Cords,Medulla Spinali,Medullari, Conus,Medullaris, Conus,Myelons,Sacral Cords,Spinal Cords,Spinali, Medulla,Spinalis, Medulla,Terminali, Conus,Terminalis, Conus,Thoracic Cords
D013120 Spinal Cord Neoplasms Benign and malignant neoplasms which occur within the substance of the spinal cord (intramedullary neoplasms) or in the space between the dura and spinal cord (intradural extramedullary neoplasms). The majority of intramedullary spinal tumors are primary CNS neoplasms including ASTROCYTOMA; EPENDYMOMA; and LIPOMA. Intramedullary neoplasms are often associated with SYRINGOMYELIA. The most frequent histologic types of intradural-extramedullary tumors are MENINGIOMA and NEUROFIBROMA. Intradural-Extramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Intramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Intramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Primary,Neoplasms, Spinal Cord,Primary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Primary Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intramedullary,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Benign,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intradural-Extramedullary,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intramedullary,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Malignant,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Primary Intramedullary,Tumors, Spinal Cord,Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Neoplasm, Spinal Cord,Spinal Cord Neoplasm,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intradural Extramedullary,Spinal Cord Tumor,Spinal Cord Tumors,Tumor, Spinal Cord
D018237 Germinoma A malignant neoplasm of the germinal tissue of the GONADS; MEDIASTINUM; or pineal region. Germinomas are uniform in appearance, consisting of large, round cells with vesicular nuclei and clear or finely granular eosinophilic-staining cytoplasm. (Stedman, 265th ed; from DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, pp1642-3) Germinomas

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