Open AccessDiabetes insipidus with impaired vision caused by germinoma and perioptic meningeal seeding: A case report
Author(s) -
Na Yang,
Haitao Zhu,
Yong Yao,
He Ling,
Yuxiu Li,
Hui You,
Huabing Zhang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i8.1976
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes insipidus , germinoma , seeding , surgery , pediatrics , engineering , aerospace engineering , radiation therapy
Germinoma is a type of germ cell tumor that most frequently arises in the midline axis of the brain. Impaired vision is a clinical manifestation of germinnoma. Although rare, intracranial germinoma seeding to the perioptic arachnoid space is one cause of visual acuity decrease.