Germinoma in Two Brothers: Case Report

We present a third reported case of intracranial germinomas occurring in two brothers. They underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy after biopsy and are doing well for 10 years and 20 months, respectively. The pertinent literatures are reviewed, and the possible role of heredity in the pathogenesis...

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Autores principales: Nitta, Naoki, Fukami, Tadateru, Nozaki, Kazuhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Neurosurgical Society 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4508752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24077266
http://dx.doi.org/10.2176/nmc.cr2012-0143
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description We present a third reported case of intracranial germinomas occurring in two brothers. They underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy after biopsy and are doing well for 10 years and 20 months, respectively. The pertinent literatures are reviewed, and the possible role of heredity in the pathogenesis of familial occurrence of germinomas is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-45087522015-11-05 Germinoma in Two Brothers: Case Report Nitta, Naoki Fukami, Tadateru Nozaki, Kazuhiko Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) Case Report We present a third reported case of intracranial germinomas occurring in two brothers. They underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy after biopsy and are doing well for 10 years and 20 months, respectively. The pertinent literatures are reviewed, and the possible role of heredity in the pathogenesis of familial occurrence of germinomas is discussed. The Japan Neurosurgical Society 2013-10 2013-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4508752/ /pubmed/24077266 http://dx.doi.org/10.2176/nmc.cr2012-0143 Text en © 2013 The Japan Neurosurgical Society This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4508752/
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