Open AccessMixed Malignant Germ Cell Tumour of Third Ventricle with Hydrocephalus: A Rare Case with Recurrence
Author(s) -
Manjari Kishore,
Vidya Monappa,
Lakshmi Rao,
Ranjini Kudva
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9866.5124
Subject(s) - medicine , neurological examination , fundus (uterus) , blurred vision , organomegaly , third ventricle , breathing , glasgow coma scale , pupil , physical examination , coma (optics) , hydrocephalus , surgery , anatomy , polyneuropathy , biology , physics , neuroscience , optics
Malignant Germ Cell Tumours (GCTs) are rare, accounting for 3% of intracranial tumours and just like their extracranial counterparts represent a wide array of disease. Combination of Germinoma with Teratoma is very rare. Here in, we describe a case of Mixed Malignant Germ cell tumor of third ventricle with recurrence with emphasis on histopathological and radiological findings.