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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 1027-1030 |
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An unusual case of primary intracranial germinoma with diffuse subarachnoid spread masquerading as tuberculous meningitis
Amit Kumar Sharma1, Anita Jagetia1, Arvind Kumar Srivastava1, Ravindra Kumar Saran2
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Pathology, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Amit Kumar Sharma
Department of Neurosurgery, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi - 110 002
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_174_20
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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. |
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