PINEAL GANGLIOGLIOMA IN A PATIENT WITH FAMILIAL BASAL GANGLIA CALCIFICATION AND ELEVATED SERUM ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN - CASE-REPORT

Authors
TOKORO K CHIBA Y OHTANI T ABE H YAGISHITA S CHANDLER WF SAWAYA R
Citation
K. Tokoro et al., PINEAL GANGLIOGLIOMA IN A PATIENT WITH FAMILIAL BASAL GANGLIA CALCIFICATION AND ELEVATED SERUM ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN - CASE-REPORT, Neurosurgery, 33(3), 1993, pp. 506-511
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
Neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0148396X
Volume
33
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
506 - 511
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-396X(1993)33:3<506:PGIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
PINEAL GANGLIOGLIOMA WAS diagnosed in a 36-year-old man with familial basal ganglia calcification and elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein. The patient was treated surgically with a good result. Only four other cas es of this tumor have been reported. His 38-year-old brother also show ed basal ganglia calcification and elevated serum chorionic gonadotrop in as well as alpha-fetoprotein. Familial basal ganglia calcification with elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein in a nonhepatic benign condition is rare. The pathogenesis of these conditions is discussed.