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Unusual presentation of the germinoma: A 26-year-old female

BACKGROUND: Germinoma is a rare lesion found commonly in the pineal and suprasellar regions of the brain. Clinical presentation mainly involves the location and size of the tumor and the patient age. Endocrine abnormalities are the most common symptom. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient was a 26-year-ol...

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Autores principales: Davoudi, Zahra, Chouhdari, Arezoo, Taherkhani, Adineh, Bidari Zerehpoosh, Farahnaz, Samadian, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Babol University of Medical Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8559651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34760091
http://dx.doi.org/10.22088/cjim.12.0.397
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author Davoudi, Zahra
Chouhdari, Arezoo
Taherkhani, Adineh
Bidari Zerehpoosh, Farahnaz
Samadian, Mohammad
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description BACKGROUND: Germinoma is a rare lesion found commonly in the pineal and suprasellar regions of the brain. Clinical presentation mainly involves the location and size of the tumor and the patient age. Endocrine abnormalities are the most common symptom. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient was a 26-year-old Iranian female who suffered from germinoma for a long time and was referred to Loghman Hakim Hospital for amenorrhea, polyuria, and polydipsia. Despite diagnostic challenges, she was finally diagnosed with suprasellar germinoma after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery, followed by radiotherapy and medical interventions to complement the surgery. CONCLUSION: It is important to be able to diagnose the patient's problem at an early stage based on their history, hormonal profile, laboratory results and radiological view.
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spelling pubmed-85596512021-11-09 Unusual presentation of the germinoma: A 26-year-old female Davoudi, Zahra Chouhdari, Arezoo Taherkhani, Adineh Bidari Zerehpoosh, Farahnaz Samadian, Mohammad Caspian J Intern Med Case Report BACKGROUND: Germinoma is a rare lesion found commonly in the pineal and suprasellar regions of the brain. Clinical presentation mainly involves the location and size of the tumor and the patient age. Endocrine abnormalities are the most common symptom. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient was a 26-year-old Iranian female who suffered from germinoma for a long time and was referred to Loghman Hakim Hospital for amenorrhea, polyuria, and polydipsia. Despite diagnostic challenges, she was finally diagnosed with suprasellar germinoma after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery, followed by radiotherapy and medical interventions to complement the surgery. CONCLUSION: It is important to be able to diagnose the patient's problem at an early stage based on their history, hormonal profile, laboratory results and radiological view. Babol University of Medical Sciences 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8559651/ /pubmed/34760091 http://dx.doi.org/10.22088/cjim.12.0.397 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) ) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bidari Zerehpoosh, Farahnaz
Samadian, Mohammad
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title Unusual presentation of the germinoma: A 26-year-old female
title_full Unusual presentation of the germinoma: A 26-year-old female
title_fullStr Unusual presentation of the germinoma: A 26-year-old female
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title_short Unusual presentation of the germinoma: A 26-year-old female
title_sort unusual presentation of the germinoma: a 26-year-old female
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8559651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34760091
http://dx.doi.org/10.22088/cjim.12.0.397
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