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They arise in midline structures and diagnosis is often delayed. We evaluated imaging characteristics and early tumor signs of suprasellar and bifocal GCT on MRI.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Patients with the diagnosis of a germinoma or non-germinomatous GCT (NGGCT) who received non-contrast sagittal T1WI on MRI pre-therapy were included. Loss of the posterior pituitary bright spot (PPBS), the expansion and size of the tumor, and the expansion and infiltration of surrounding structures were evaluated. Group comparison for histologies and localizations was performed.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A total of 102 GCT patients (median age at diagnosis 12.3 years, range 4.4\u201333.8; 57 males; 67 in suprasellar localization) were enrolled in the study. In the suprasellar cohort, NGGCTs (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200920) were noticeably larger than germinomas (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200947; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001). Each tumor showed involvement of the posterior lobe or pituitary stalk. A PPBS loss (total <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200998) was observed for each localization and entity in more than 90% and was related to diabetes insipidus. Osseous infiltration was observed exclusively in suprasellar GCT (significantly more frequent in NGGCT; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.004). Time between the first MRI and therapy start was significantly longer in the suprasellar cohort (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.005), with an even greater delay in germinoma compared to NGGCT (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.002). The longest interval to treatment had circumscribed suprasellar germinomas (median 312 days).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A loss of the PPBS is a hint of tumor origin revealing small tumors in the neurohypophysis. Using this sign in children with diabetes insipidus avoids a delay in diagnosis.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00234-024-03384-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,7]],"date-time":"2024-06-07T02:01:27Z","timestamp":1717725687000},"page":"1405-1416","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Imaging in malignant germ cell tumors involving the hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal axis: the evaluation of the posterior pituitary bright spot is essential"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"66","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0148-4652","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Annika","family":"Stock","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7893-7982","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gabriele","family":"Calaminus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6536-3898","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mathilda","family":"Weisthoff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-5863-9578","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julia","family":"Serfling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0763-6506","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Torsten","family":"Pietsch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5849-8671","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Brigitte","family":"Bison","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1295-2685","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mirko","family":"Pham","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3544-319X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Monika","family":"Warmuth-Metz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"3384_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e136","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2014-1989","volume":"135","author":"P Kaatsch","year":"2015","unstructured":"Kaatsch P, H\u00e4fner C, Calaminus G et al (2015) Pediatric germ cell tumors from 1987 to 2011: incidence rates, time trends, and survival. 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