Intracranial germinoma with Down's syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

Down's syndrome's association with malignancies such as leukemia is well known, but its association with brain tumor appears to be rare. We reviewed such rare cases of Down's syndrome and intracranial germ-cell tumor. A 10-year-old boy with Down's syndrome and intracranial germin...

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Published in:	Surgical neurology 1997, Vol.47 (1), p.28-31
Main Authors:	Tanabe, Michiharu, Mizushima, Minoru, Anno, Yuichi, Kondou, Shinji, Dejima, Sunao, Hirao, D.Jun, Kamitani, Hideki, Watanabe, Takashi, Hori, Tomokatsu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	basal ganglia Basal Ganglia - pathology Brain Neoplasms - complications Brain Neoplasms - pathology brain tumor Child Down Syndrome - complications Down Syndrome - pathology Down's syndrome germ-cell tumor germinoma Germinoma - complications Germinoma - pathology Humans Male
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