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Transient regression of an intracranial germ cell tumour after intravenous steroid administration: a case report
  1. Mario Mascalchia,
  2. Federico Roncarolib,
  3. Fabrizio Salvic,
  4. Giorgio Frankc
  1. aCattedra di Radiologia, Universita di Pisa, Italy, bServizio di Anatomia Patologica, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna, Italy, cDipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna, Italy
  1. Dr Mario Mascalchi, Cattedra di Radiologia, Universita di Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56100 Pisa, Italia. Telephone 0039 50 592509; fax 0039 50 551461.

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging showed transient regression of the lesion after intravenous steroid administration in a patient with intracranial multifocal germ cell tumour. Prominent lymphocyte infiltration of the tumour was seen at histological examination and presumably accounts for the regression. Germ cell tumour must be included in the differential diagnosis of intracranial mass lesions sensitive to steroids.

  • germ cell tumour
  • steroid therapy

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.64.5.670

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