SUPRASELLAR GERMINOMA ASSOCIATED WITH CUSHINGS-DISEASE AND DIABETES-INSIPIDUS IN A CHILD

Authors
COUFAL F LINARELLI L JAMES HE KROUS H
Citation
F. Coufal et al., SUPRASELLAR GERMINOMA ASSOCIATED WITH CUSHINGS-DISEASE AND DIABETES-INSIPIDUS IN A CHILD, Pediatric neurosurgery, 29(1), 1998, pp. 19-22
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
Pediatric neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10162291
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
19 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
1016-2291(1998)29:1<19:SGAWCA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Gushing's disease is described in a child with a suprasellar germinoma . The patient presented with all of the classic stigmata of Gushing's disease as well as diabetes insipidus, but after surgical resection of the lesion was found to have pathology incompatible with an ACTH-secr eting tumor. We believe that this is the first reported incidence of G ushing's disease associated with a suprasellar germinoma. The implicat ions of this unusual association are discussed.