Intracranial germinoma metastasizing via aventriculo-peritoneal shunt
Primary germinomas of the central nervous system carry a good prognosis because of their radiosensitivity. Recurrences are rare and extraneural metastases are even more unusual. One of the possible routes of extraneural spread is via ventriculo-peritoneal shunts which may be required to reduce intra...
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Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
1996
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