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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2020

A primary third ventricle mixed germ cell tumor with leptomeningeal dissemination of immature teratoma component.

Mustafa Kemal Demir, Ozlem Yapıcıer, Omer Faruk Karakaya, Başak Mert, Askın Seker

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Article in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Giant intracranial teratoma in a pediatric patient: a case report and literature review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mustafa Kemal DemirDepartment of Radiology, Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine, Göztepe Medical Park Training and Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. demir.m.k@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7023-6153
Ozlem YapıcıerDepartment of Pathology, Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine, Göztepe Medical Park Training and Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Omer Faruk KarakayaBahçeşehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Başak MertBahçeşehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Askın SekerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Altınbas University Faculty of Medicine, Bahçelievler Medical Park Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Bahçeşehir University · TRAltınbaş University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 17-year-old male patient presented to the clinic with a headache, nausea, and vomiting. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a fat-containing and -enhancing heterogeneous tumor in the third ventricle, and fat droplets within the ventricles and the subarachnoid space. Obstructive hydrocephalus was also present. Emergency subtotal removal of the mass was performed via interhemispheric transcallosal approach. The histopathological diagnosis was a mixed germ cell tumor that was composed of embryonal carcinoma, yolk-sac tumor, germinoma, and immature teratoma containing a large amount of mature elements. The patient was referred for postoperative chemoradiotherapy. A mixed germ cell tumor is a rare type of nongerminomatous germ cell tumor that is made up of at least two different types of germ cell tumors. These may include germinoma, choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, mature teratoma, immature teratoma, or teratoma with malignant degeneration. As far as we know, this is the first reported case of a primary third ventricle mixed germ cell tumor with leptomeningeal dissemination of the immature teratoma component that contains grossly visible mature elements at admission.

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GerminomaNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalTeratomaTesticular NeoplasmsThird VentricleAdolescentHumansMaleLeptomeningeal disseminationMagnetic resonance imagingMature teratomaMixed germ cell tumorsThird ventricle

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