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Suprasellar yolk-sac tumor in two sisters
Surgical Neurology
|August 1, 1983
Abstract:
The familial occurrence of intracranial tumors is rare except in patients with phacomatoses. The occurrence of suprasellar yolk-sac tumors in two sisters without phacomatoses is reported. The pertinent literature is reviewed, and the possible role of heredity in the pathogenesis of these tumors is discussed briefly.