Miyauchi A, Matsumoto K, Kohmura E, Doi T, Hashimoto K, Kawano K
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Japan.
J Neurosurg. 1996 Jun;84(6):1060-1. doi: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.6.1060.
Primary central nervous system germinoma usually presents as an extraaxial intracerebral mass. The authors report the rare occurrence of an intramedullary spinal cord germinoma at the conus medullaris in a 24-year-old man, which was treated by partial removal and radiation therapy. The tumor was highly radiosensitive and the patient remains disease free 15 months posttreatment.