Open AccessAn unusual case of primary intracranial germinoma with diffuse subarachnoid spread masquerading as tuberculous meningitis
Author(s) -
Amit Sharma,
Anita Jagetia,
Arvind K. Srivastava,
Ravindra Kumar Saran
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
pISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_174_20
Subject(s) - medicine , subarachnoid space , germinoma , differential diagnosis , meningitis , pathology , cerebrospinal fluid , radiology , surgery , radiation therapy
Central nervous system (CNS) germinomas often extend or disseminate into the ventricular and subarachnoid space. We present a case of primary CNS germinoma consisting mainly of meningeal dissemination, which is extremely unusual and must be kept in the differential diagnosis.