Primary cerebral germinoma and ventriculoperitoneal shunt metastasis
Primary cerebral germinoma and ventriculoperitoneal shunt metastasis
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原发性脑生殖细胞瘤和脑室腹腔分流转移
作者:
L. Kun;T. T. Tang;J. Sty;B. Camitta
A case of peritoneal metastasis via a ventriculoperitoneal shunt 14 months following biopsy and irradiation of an intracerebral germinoma is presented. Metastatic abdominal disease has been controlled at 32 months postmetastatic diagnosis by abdominal irradiation and systemic chemotherapy. The occurrence of ventriculoperitoneal shunt metastases and control of extracranial metastases from intracerebral germinomas are discussed.