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==Overview==
Germinoma must be differentiated from other lesions in the pineal and suprasellar region, such as glial tumors which include [[astrocytomas]] and gangliomas, [[granular cell tumor]], [[hamartomas]], [[xanthogranuloma]], [[meningiomas]], colloid cysts, [[craniopharyngioma]], [[cysticercosis]], metastatic cancer with unknown primary site, pineal tumors, and pituitary [[macroadenomas]].<ref name="radio"> Germ cell tumors. Radiopedia(2015) http://radiopaedia.org/articles/central-nervous-system-germinoma Accessed on January 25, 2016</ref>
==Differential Diagnosis==
Differential diagnosis of germinoma includes the following:<ref name="radio"> Germ cell tumors. Radiopedia(2015) http://radiopaedia.org/articles/central-nervous-system-germinoma Accessed on January 25, 2016</ref>
*Glial Tumors - [[Astrocytomas]], gangliomas
*[[Granular cell tumor]]
*[[Hamartomas]]
*[[Xanthogranuloma]]
*[[Meningiomas]]
*Colloid cysts
*[[Craniopharyngioma]]
*[[Cysticercosis]]
*Metastatic Cancer with unknown primary site
*Pineal Tumors
*Pituitary [[macroadenomas]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:06, 1 March 2019

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]

Overview

Germinoma must be differentiated from other lesions in the pineal and suprasellar region, such as glial tumors which include astrocytomas and gangliomas, granular cell tumor, hamartomas, xanthogranuloma, meningiomas, colloid cysts, craniopharyngioma, cysticercosis, metastatic cancer with unknown primary site, pineal tumors, and pituitary macroadenomas.[1]

Differential Diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of germinoma includes the following:[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Germ cell tumors. Radiopedia(2015) http://radiopaedia.org/articles/central-nervous-system-germinoma Accessed on January 25, 2016


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