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Common symptoms and signs were hemiparesis in all cases, fever of unknown origin and eye symptoms in most, mental deterioration and psychiatric signs in three, and convulsions, pubertas praecox, and diabetes insipidus in two. Signs of increased intracranial pressure were found in only two cases in the later state of the disease. Early diagnosis is difficult because of nonspecific symptomatology and slow progression. Carotid angiography and pneumoencephalography showed abnormal findings compatible with basal ganglia and thalamic tumors, but not specific to germinoma. Ipsilateral cortical atrophy and ventricular dilatation might be significant findings. Radioisotope scanning was useful. Computerized tomography scans were the best method of detecting the location and nature of this tumor, and repeat scans showed response to radiation therapy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1981.55.1.0055","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,8]],"date-time":"2009-05-08T13:45:14Z","timestamp":1241790314000},"page":"55-62","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":56,"title":["Unilateral germinomas involving the basal ganglia and thalamus"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"55","author":[{"given":"Tatsuya","family":"Kobayashi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Naoki","family":"Kageyama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yoshihisa","family":"Kida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jun","family":"Yoshida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Naoki","family":"Shibuya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kazuhiko","family":"Okamura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"J Neurosurg","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"146","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1969.30.2.0146","article-title":"Statistical reevaluation of pinealoma and related tumors in Japan.","volume":"30","author":"Araki","year":"1969"},{"key":"b2","series-title":"J Neurosurg","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"670","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1969.31.6.0670","article-title":"Intrasellar germinomas; a form of ectopic pinealoma.","volume":"31","author":"Ghatak","year":"1969"},{"key":"b3","series-title":"Neurology","first-page":"318","article-title":"Ectopic pinealoma in the chiasma region.","volume":"11","author":"Kageyama","year":"1961"},{"key":"b4","series-title":"Clin Neurol","first-page":"303","article-title":"[Differential diagnosis of tumors of basal ganglia and its clinical importance.]","volume":"2","author":"Kageyama","year":"1962"},{"key":"b5","series-title":"J Comput Assist Tomogr","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"125","DOI":"10.1097\/00004728-197804000-00001","article-title":"Computer assisted tomography in primary malignant lymphomas of the brain.","volume":"2","author":"Kazner","year":"1978"},{"key":"b6","series-title":"Prog Comput Tomogr","first-page":"93","article-title":"[Follow-up study with computerized tomography during and after irradiation in patients with pineal tumors.]","volume":"1","author":"Kobayashi","year":"1978"},{"key":"b7","series-title":"J Neurosurg","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"443","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1978.48.3.0443","article-title":"Ipsilateral cerebral atrophy with thalamic tumor of childhood. 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