Association of testicular calcifications and intracranial germinoma: a case report and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Seminoma is a rare type of germ cell tumor, especially in the central nervous system, and the reason for its development is unknown. Testicular calcifications are a precursor to testicular microlithiasis, which is a high-risk factor for testicular cancer (TC) in adolescent males, and seminoma is a common pathological type of TC.

Case description

This article reported an adolescent male who was admitted to the hospital due to headache and limb weakness, and the imaging showed that there was a mass at the basal ganglia of the thalamus, and after the brain biopsy was completed in the hospital, the pathological results showed that he was a seminoma, so we performed scrotal ultrasound during the same hospitalization, and found that the patient had multiple divergent ca

SUBMITTER: Huang JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11921239 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature