Pineal region teratoma with high serum and CSF alpha-fetoprotein levels

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Cheng-Mao ChengShin Nieh

Abstract

We report a patient with an immature teratoma of the pineal region with high levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. This is very rare and to the best our knowledge, the second case reported in the literature.

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Apr 1, 1997·Child's Nervous System : ChNS : Official Journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery·N YamashitaT Nakamura

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Nov 9, 2010·Radiographics : a Review Publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc·Alice Boyd SmithJames G Smirniotopoulos
Oct 2, 2012·Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation·Qiang ShiXusheng Huang

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