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Rapidly Progressing Germinoma Arising in the Lateral Ventricle and This Mimicked Choroid Plexitis  

Pang, Jae-Choon (Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine)
Byun, Jun-Soo (Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine)
Kim, Jae-Kyun (Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine)
Ha, Sam-Yeol (Department of Neurology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine)
Park, Kwang-Yeol (Department of Neurology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine)
Hwang, Sung-Nam (Department of Neurosurgery, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine)
Kim, Mi-Kyung (Department of Pathology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.64, no.1, 2011 , pp. 11-15 More about this Journal
Abstract
There are no previous reports of germinoma primary arising in the lateral ventricle. We describe here a case of a 50-year-old man with lateral ventricular germinoma that showed rapid progression, and this tumor mimicked choroid plexitis.
Keywords
Germinoma; Lateral Ventricles; Choroid plexus;
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