Germinoma in the Internal Auditory Canal Mimicking a Vestibular Schwannoma

The appearance of a primary germinoma in the central nervous system but not on or near the midline or within the brain is exceptional. It may occur at any age; however, it is rare in patients over 50 years old. Only a handful of cases of germinomas located in the cerebellopontine angle were presente...

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Autores principales: Martín-Hernández, Rubén, Macías-Rodríguez, Diego Hernando, Muñoz-Herrera, Ángel, Del Pozo-de Dios, Juan Carlos, Cruz-Ruiz, Santiago Santa, Batuecas-Caletrío, Ángel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3914568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24551468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/794158
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Sumario:The appearance of a primary germinoma in the central nervous system but not on or near the midline or within the brain is exceptional. It may occur at any age; however, it is rare in patients over 50 years old. Only a handful of cases of germinomas located in the cerebellopontine angle were presented, but to our knowledge, there has been no description of an isolated germinoma in the internal auditory canal. We report a case of germinoma in the internal auditory canal in a 51-year-old man simulating the clinical and radiological characteristics of a vestibular schwannoma.

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