A Craniopharyngioma Associated With Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid HCG Concentrations Misdiagnosed as a Germinoma

A Craniopharyngioma Associated With Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid HCG Concentrations Misdiagnosed as a Germinoma

Craniopharyngiomas and germinomas are both rare cranial tumors that most commonly present during childhood or adolescence. Although these tumors have different origins, their clinical and radiological features may be similar. In this article, we report the case of a 35-year female patient with clini...

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Main Authors: Weijun Gu, Weizhong Gu, Yulin Gu, Jie Li, Guoqing Yang, Qinghua Guo, Li Zang, Jin Du, Yu Pei, Jianming Ba, Zhaohui Lv, Jingtao Dou, Yiming Mu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
craniopharyngioma
germinoma
human chorionic gonadotrophin
pituitary neoplasms
cranial tumors
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00449/full

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