A case of intramedullary spinal cord tumor producing human chorionic gonadotropin

Takahiro Sasaki; Takahiro Amano; Masaki Takao; Mamoru Shibata; Naoyuki Shigematsu; Yasuo Fukuuchi

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A case of intramedullary spinal cord tumor producing human chorionic gonadotropin

Takahiro Sasaki, Takahiro Amano, Masaki Takao, Mamoru Shibata, Naoyuki Shigematsu, Yasuo Fukuuchi

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Abstract

We experienced a case of a persistent trophoblastic disease associated with gradually progressive Brown-Séquard syndrome, which was found to be due to a primary intramedullary spinal cord germinoma with syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells (STGC). We performed both chemotherapy and radiotherapy on separate occasions. Although the chemotherapy appeared to be ineffective, radiotherapy resulted in the disappearance of spinal cord lesions for four years. We reported a case of intramedullary spinal cord germinoma with STGC for which radiotherapy was a better therapeutic modality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	247-250
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Neuro-Oncology
Volume	56
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015028119510
Publication status	Published - 2002

Keywords

Germ cell tumor
Germinoma
Syncytiotrophoblast

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Neurology
Clinical Neurology
Cancer Research

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