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Primary intracranial germinoma in the medulla oblongata
H Nakajima1, Y Iwai, K Yamanaka
1Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Miyakojima, Japan.
Surgical Neurology
|June 30, 2000
Abstract
Background:
Primary intracranial germ cell tumor in the medulla oblongata is very rare; only five cases, including our case, have been reported.
Case Report:
Our patient, an 18-year-old woman, was diagnosed with a primary intracranial germinoma in the medulla oblongata by an open biopsy. She was treated successfully with chemotherapy and radiosurgery.
Conclusion:
All five tumors in this site were histologically diagnosed as germinomas. The finding of female predominance in germ cell tumors in this region is shown.