One camp would argue that in the absence of evidence of dissemination outside the pineal region, that only this localized volume needs to be irradiated. [oncolink.org]

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ObservationAlonePerspective 513 Trigeminal Neuralgia 519 Surgical Perspective 527 Medical Management Perspective 535 55 Movement Disorder 541 DeepBrain Stimulation Perspective 549 Medical Perspective 559 58 Psychiatric and Pain Disorders 563 59 Intractable Epilepsies [books.google.es]

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We report the case of a 9-year-old boy who presented with a 5-month history of fatigue, 16-pound weight gain, polydipsia, polyuria, visual complaints, and intermittent headache. [karger.com]

A 31-year-old woman complained of intractable hiccups, hoarseness, and swallowing disturbance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Headache PR, CMT, FB RT CR 8 months 11 Yasuhara [ 3 ] 27 F CN VIII, IX, X,XII paresis, ataxia, sleep apnea, numbness of limbs Biopsy, CMT, RT CR 6 months 12 Shuto [ 2 ] 28 M Loss of balance STR, CMT, FB WS RT CR 3 years 13 Nakatsuka [ 8 ] 31 F Hiccups, hoarseness [wjso.biomedcentral.com]

Second, the patient could not lie down but sustained labored breathing. Given the patient’s history of prior radiotherapy, we abstained from treating this patient with another course of radiotherapy for fear of provoking brain stem edema. [wjso.biomedcentral.com]

The medulla oblongata has nuclei, which regulate vomiting, swallowing, coughing and sneezing. Following the operation for germinoma, the patients almost always complained of dyspnea and dysphagia. [wjso.biomedcentral.com]

A 31-year-old woman complained of intractable hiccups, hoarseness, and swallowing disturbance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients may often complain of headache, impaired vision, and hiccups among other symptoms. Reviewing the brain CT and MRI scans is very important for diagnosing brain stem germinomas. [wjso.biomedcentral.com]

Lower cranial nerves dysfunction, disturbance of breathing and cerebellar function, headache, nystagmus, sensory and motor disturbance, visual disturbance, and hiccups are the key symptoms reported.[ 3 9 ] From preoperative brain MRI of our patient, the [surgicalneurologyint.com]

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Given the patient’s history of prior radiotherapy, we abstained from treating this patient with another course of radiotherapy for fear of provoking brain stem edema. [wjso.biomedcentral.com]

Case presentation Case 1 A 14-year-old male patient presented with right facial numbness and gait instability lasting 6 months. The neurological examination upon admission revealed right-sided deficits in cranial nerves V, VIII and IX. [wjso.biomedcentral.com]

We report the case of a 9-year-old boy who presented with a 5-month history of fatigue, 16-pound weight gain, polydipsia, polyuria, visual complaints, and intermittent headache. [karger.com]

The differential diagnosis of polydipsia and polyuria should exclude diabetes mellitus and salt-losing nephropathy from end-stage renal disease. [n.neurology.org]

A 17-year-old boy presented with a history of headache for 8 months, progressive painless diminution of vision (right left) and polyuria for 6 months. The patient had remained short in stature and had failed to develop secondary sexual characters. [ijabmr.org]

A – D, MR images from 16-year-old boy who presented with a long-standing history of poor growth, delayed puberty, polydipsia, and polyuria. [ajnr.org]

The main symptoms of germinomas in this location are polydipsia, polyuria, visual impairment and other hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunctions, which include growth retardation and delayed puberty. [wjso.biomedcentral.com]

Papilledema was detected on fundoscopy. [pediatricneurosciences.com]

[…] include: [16] HEENT Bulging soft spots ( fontanelles ) Eyes that are constantly looking down ( sunsetting sign ) Deficiency in upward-gaze Pupillary light-near dissociation (pupils respond to near stimuli but not light) Convergence-retraction nystagmus Papilledema [wikidoc.org]

A young man (22 years old) was presented with complaint of one year of headache, and recently vomiting, and in exam papilledema, lethargy, somnolence, diabetes insipidus. [mafiadoc.com]

Fractionated Radiation Therapy Perspective 455 46 Arteriovenous Malformation 459 Surgery Perspective 473 Endovascular TherapyPerspective 479 49 CavernousMalformations and Other Vascular Diseases 491 Surgical Perspective 503 ObservationAlonePerspective 513 Trigeminal [books.google.es]

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Radiation Therapy Perspective 455 46 Arteriovenous Malformation 459 Surgery Perspective 473 Endovascular TherapyPerspective 479 49 CavernousMalformations and Other Vascular Diseases 491 Surgical Perspective 503 ObservationAlonePerspective 513 Trigeminal Neuralgia [books.google.es]

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"As a cancer survivor, I couldn't be more excited about that." Finding hope during pineal region germinoma treatment One day after baseball practice, Chase walked off the field with a sharp headache. It was unlike any pain he'd known before. [mdanderson.org]

Focal hand dystonia secondary to Basal Ganglia germinoma. J Clin Neurol. 2007;3: 150–153. pmid:19513283 View Article PubMed/NCBI Google Scholar 10. Jorsal T, Rørth M. Intracranial germ cell tumours. [journals.plos.org]

Granulomatous tissue response in germinoma, a diagnostic pitfall in endoscopic biopsy. Neuropathology 2007;27:127-32. [ PUBMED ] 7. Lee D, Suh YL. [ijabmr.org]

Acta Neurochir 2002, 144: 1233-1237 [ PubMed ] 9) Mueller W, Schneider GH, Hoffmann KT, Zschenderlein R, von Deimling A: Granulomatous tissue response in germinoma, a diagnostic pitfall in endoscopic biopsy. [turkjpath.org]