A Malignant Mixed Germ Cell Tumor Originating from the Pituitary Gland with a Suprasellar Extension: A Case Report

A case of an intracranial tumor in a 26-year old woman with symptoms of hypopituitarism, and visual disturbance is presented. The primary site has been verified by the clinical presentations and the hormonal and the neurological studies as originating from the pituitary gland with extension to the s...

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Autores principales: Lim, Sung Kil, Chung, Hyun Chul, Kim, Won Tsen, Huh, Kap Bum, Chung, Sang Sup, Kim, Dong Ik, Chung, Hyun Ju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association of Internal Medicine 1986
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4536722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2856468
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1986.1.2.266
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author Lim, Sung Kil
Chung, Hyun Chul
Kim, Won Tsen
Huh, Kap Bum
Chung, Sang Sup
Kim, Dong Ik
Chung, Hyun Ju
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Chung, Hyun Chul
Kim, Won Tsen
Huh, Kap Bum
Chung, Sang Sup
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Chung, Hyun Ju
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description A case of an intracranial tumor in a 26-year old woman with symptoms of hypopituitarism, and visual disturbance is presented. The primary site has been verified by the clinical presentations and the hormonal and the neurological studies as originating from the pituitary gland with extension to the suprasellar area. Histologically, the tumor contains elements that demand its interpretation as a malignant teratoma. In a tumor marker study, the aFP level was elevated, suggestive of an endodermal sinus tumor component. We report this case as a mixed germ cell tumor originating from the pituitary gland with a suprasellar extension and a malignant transformation from a benign component.
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spelling pubmed-45367222015-10-02 A Malignant Mixed Germ Cell Tumor Originating from the Pituitary Gland with a Suprasellar Extension: A Case Report Lim, Sung Kil Chung, Hyun Chul Kim, Won Tsen Huh, Kap Bum Chung, Sang Sup Kim, Dong Ik Chung, Hyun Ju Korean J Intern Med Case Report A case of an intracranial tumor in a 26-year old woman with symptoms of hypopituitarism, and visual disturbance is presented. The primary site has been verified by the clinical presentations and the hormonal and the neurological studies as originating from the pituitary gland with extension to the suprasellar area. Histologically, the tumor contains elements that demand its interpretation as a malignant teratoma. In a tumor marker study, the aFP level was elevated, suggestive of an endodermal sinus tumor component. We report this case as a mixed germ cell tumor originating from the pituitary gland with a suprasellar extension and a malignant transformation from a benign component. Korean Association of Internal Medicine 1986-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4536722/ /pubmed/2856468 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1986.1.2.266 Text en Copyright © 1986 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Lim, Sung Kil
Chung, Hyun Chul
Kim, Won Tsen
Huh, Kap Bum
Chung, Sang Sup
Kim, Dong Ik
Chung, Hyun Ju
A Malignant Mixed Germ Cell Tumor Originating from the Pituitary Gland with a Suprasellar Extension: A Case Report
title A Malignant Mixed Germ Cell Tumor Originating from the Pituitary Gland with a Suprasellar Extension: A Case Report
title_full A Malignant Mixed Germ Cell Tumor Originating from the Pituitary Gland with a Suprasellar Extension: A Case Report
title_fullStr A Malignant Mixed Germ Cell Tumor Originating from the Pituitary Gland with a Suprasellar Extension: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed A Malignant Mixed Germ Cell Tumor Originating from the Pituitary Gland with a Suprasellar Extension: A Case Report
title_short A Malignant Mixed Germ Cell Tumor Originating from the Pituitary Gland with a Suprasellar Extension: A Case Report
title_sort malignant mixed germ cell tumor originating from the pituitary gland with a suprasellar extension: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4536722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2856468
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1986.1.2.266
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