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A case of sequential occurrence of multiple intracranial mixed germ cell tumors is presented. An 8-year-old boy with a cystic calcified tumor in the basal ganglia and an increased serum α-fetoprotein concentration was initially treated with radiotherapy. Six years later, a tumor composed of embryonal carcinoma and immature teratoma arose from the right temporo-parietal lobe. This tumor was treated successfully with surgery and radiochemotherapy. The possibility of multicentricity or intra-axial metastasis distant from the original site during the long-term course should be considered in treatment for intracranial germ cell tumors.
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Received: 6 November 1995 Revised: 17 July 1996
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Kumabe, T., Tominaga, T., Yoshimoto, T. et al. Multiple intracranial mixed germ cell tumors. Child's Nerv Syst 13, 178–181 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050065
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