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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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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 |
author_facet | 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Davoudi, Zahra Chouhdari, Arezoo Taherkhani, Adineh Bidari Zerehpoosh, Farahnaz Samadian, Mohammad Unusual presentation of the germinoma: A 26-year-old female |
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 |
title_full_unstemmed | Unusual presentation of the germinoma: A 26-year-old female |
title_short | Unusual presentation of the germinoma: A 26-year-old female |
title_sort | unusual presentation of the germinoma: a 26-year-old female |
topic | Case Report |
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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