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Sellar Mixed Germ Cell Tumor

MedGen UID:
1665681
•Concept ID:
C4744395
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Mixed Germ Cell Tumor of the Sellar Region

Definition

A mixed germ cell tumor that arises from or adjacent to the sellar region. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSellar Mixed Germ Cell Tumor

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical management of teratoma, a rare hypothalamic-pituitary neoplasia.
Chiloiro S, Giampietro A, Bianchi A, De Marinis L
Endocrine 2016 Sep;53(3):636-42. Epub 2015 Dec 23 doi: 10.1007/s12020-015-0814-4. PMID: 26701679

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Mixed Pituitary Gangliocytoma and Prolactinoma Resistant to the Cabergoline Treatment.
Yano S, Hide T, Uekawa K, Honda Y, Mikami Y, Kuratsu JI
World Neurosurg 2016 Nov;95:620.e17-620.e22. Epub 2016 Aug 13 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.08.011. PMID: 27535625
Suprasellar ganglioglioma with unusual diffuse involvement of the entire optico-chiasmal hypothalamic pathway.
Jalali R, Deopujari CE, Bhutani R, Suhas U, Rajasekharan P, Kane SV, Gupta T
J Cancer Res Ther 2008 Jul-Sep;4(3):140-3. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.43151. PMID: 18923209
Control of extraneural metastasis of a primary intracranial nongerminomatous germ-cell tumor. Case report.
Watterson J, Priest JR
J Neurosurg 1989 Oct;71(4):601-4. doi: 10.3171/jns.1989.71.4.0601. PMID: 2477515

Prognosis

Mixed gangliocytoma-pituitary adenoma in the sellar region: a large-scale single-center experience.
Yang B, Yang C, Sun Y, Du J, Liu P, Jia G, Jia W, Zhang Y, Wang J, Xu Y, Wang S
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2018 Oct;160(10):1989-1999. Epub 2018 Aug 14 doi: 10.1007/s00701-018-3632-7. PMID: 30109498
Schwannoma in Sellar Region Mimics Invasive Pituitary Macroadenoma: Literature Review With One Case Report.
Kong X, Wu H, Ma W, Li Y, Yang Y, Xing B, Wei J, Yao Y, Gao J, Lian W, Xu Z, Dou W, Ren Z, Su C, Wang R
Medicine (Baltimore) 2016 Mar;95(9):e2931. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002931. PMID: 26945398Free PMC Article
Clinical management of teratoma, a rare hypothalamic-pituitary neoplasia.
Chiloiro S, Giampietro A, Bianchi A, De Marinis L
Endocrine 2016 Sep;53(3):636-42. Epub 2015 Dec 23 doi: 10.1007/s12020-015-0814-4. PMID: 26701679
Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of primary central nervous system germ cell tumors: a 24-years experience.
Gao Y, Jiang J, Liu Q
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2014;7(10):6965-72. Epub 2014 Sep 15 PMID: 25400782Free PMC Article
Infrasellar craniopharyngioma.
Yu X, Liu R, Wang Y, Wang H, Zhao H, Wu Z
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2012 Feb;114(2):112-9. Epub 2011 Oct 21 doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.09.010. PMID: 22018920

Clinical prediction guides

Collision of Craniopharyngioma and Pituitary Adenoma: Comprehensive Review of an Extremely Rare Sellar Condition.
Hasegawa H, Jentoft ME, Young WF Jr, Lakomkin N, Van Gompel JJ, Link MJ, Atkinson JL, Meyer FB
World Neurosurg 2021 May;149:e51-e62. Epub 2021 Feb 26 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.02.091. PMID: 33647491
Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of a Mixed Lesion of Gangliocytoma and Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma.
Heng LJ, Jia D, Gong L, Zhang W, Ma J, Qu Y
World Neurosurg 2017 Oct;106:1050.e1-1050.e6. Epub 2017 May 19 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.064. PMID: 28532920
Schwannoma in Sellar Region Mimics Invasive Pituitary Macroadenoma: Literature Review With One Case Report.
Kong X, Wu H, Ma W, Li Y, Yang Y, Xing B, Wei J, Yao Y, Gao J, Lian W, Xu Z, Dou W, Ren Z, Su C, Wang R
Medicine (Baltimore) 2016 Mar;95(9):e2931. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002931. PMID: 26945398Free PMC Article
Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of primary central nervous system germ cell tumors: a 24-years experience.
Gao Y, Jiang J, Liu Q
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2014;7(10):6965-72. Epub 2014 Sep 15 PMID: 25400782Free PMC Article
Infrasellar craniopharyngioma.
Yu X, Liu R, Wang Y, Wang H, Zhao H, Wu Z
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2012 Feb;114(2):112-9. Epub 2011 Oct 21 doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.09.010. PMID: 22018920

Recent systematic reviews

Collision of Craniopharyngioma and Pituitary Adenoma: Comprehensive Review of an Extremely Rare Sellar Condition.
Hasegawa H, Jentoft ME, Young WF Jr, Lakomkin N, Van Gompel JJ, Link MJ, Atkinson JL, Meyer FB
World Neurosurg 2021 May;149:e51-e62. Epub 2021 Feb 26 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.02.091. PMID: 33647491
Gangliocytomas of the sellar region: A challenging diagnosis.
Cossu G, Daniel RT, Messerer M
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2016 Oct;149:122-35. Epub 2016 Aug 9 doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.08.002. PMID: 27521460

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