J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
1980 Mar;9(1):219-224.
Parasellar Germinoma a form of Ectopic Pinealoma: Case Report
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- A case of parasellar germinoma is reported in a 13-year-old boy whose complaints were headache, polydipsia, polyuria and right visual disturbance. Neurosurgical diagnostic procedures including brain CT scan revealed a large lobulated mass in and around the pituitary fossa. right craniotomy was done and the mass removed totally under the operating microscope. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for the management of this lesion was discussed.
