Issue: 2007 > November > original article

Intracranial multiple midline germinomas: is histological verification crucial for therapy?



ORIGINAL ARTICLE
P. van Battum, M.S.P. Huijberts, A.C. Heijckmann, J.T. Wilmink, A.C. Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman
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Abstract

In this report we present two patients with intracranial
multiple midline tumours in the suprasellar region and
pineal gland. We postulate that in a patient with multiple
midline tumours and normal values of the tumour markers human chorionic gonadotropin and α-fetoprotein in serum and cerebrospinal fluid, the only possible diagnosis is a germinoma. In such a situation no histological confirmation is required to start low-dose radiotherapy.