ABSTRACT
A rare case of intraventricular germinoma in the third ventricle, which occurred 30 months after total removal of mature teratoma on the same location in a 29- yr-old man is presented. Recurrence is supposed to represent an acceleration of localized dysplastic processes of totipotent germ cells present in the midline neuraxis or a growth of unidentified microscopic residue of germinoma component in mature teratoma. Although the radiation therapy after total removal of mature teratoma is still controversial, careful follow-up is warranted for evaluating a possible recurrence of other germ cell tumors.
Subject(s)
Adult , Humans , Male , Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms/classification , Germinoma/classification , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Neoplasms, Second Primary/classification , Teratoma/complications , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Ventriculoperitoneal ShuntABSTRACT
Se informa un caso de teratoma quistico del III ventriculo en un nino de cinco anos y medio y que corresponde al onceavo caso de la literatura mundial su ocurrencia es rara y su sintomatologia clinica polimorfa. El origen corresponde a celulas totipotenciales secuestradas en la linea media del cuerpo durante la embriogenesis, el presente caso presento hipertension arterial, y el tumor constituyo un hallazgo de necropsia.