Association of testicular calcifications and intracranial germinoma: a case report and review of the literature
Intracranial germinoma has been reported rarely, and the pathogenesis is unclear. We found that it may be associated with testicular lesions, and in adolescent men, scrotal ultrasound should be done regularly, and brain biopsy should be preferred over tumor resection in patients with such brain tumors.
Authors
- Jianwei Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1974-8716)
- Baoyu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5211-1069)
- Zhuo-Peng Ye
- Shuang‐Qi Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5165-0391)
- Xin Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0011-6260)
- Yifei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2073-2837)
- Ying Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5729-2986)
- Hongyu Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8088-2151)
- Chao-Ran Jia
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Zhaoqing University (CN)
- Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- The First People's Hospital of Zhaoqing (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Translational Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/tp-24-403
- Primary Topic
- Testicular diseases and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00