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A case of germinoma originating in the basal ganglia is presented. Preoperative MRI showed an area of a reticulated core of mixed signal intensity with a surrounding rim of low signal intensity in the right basal ganglia on T2-weighted image. This finding was reported to be characteristic of cavernous angioma, but the tumor was histopathologically identified to be a germinoma with old hemorrhage. The pitfall of MRI in diagnosing brain tumors is discussed.
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Anno, Y., Hori, T., Watanabe, T. et al. Germinoma originating in the basal ganglia. Neuroradiology 32, 529–530 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02426473
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