Germinoma

 

 

Germinomas usually occur in the pineal region, but this biopsy was taken from the left basal ganglia of an 8-year-old

girl who presented with hemidystonia. An extensive chronic inflammatory infiltrate is seen within the lesion.

 

 

1 minute clinical correlation 

 

Contributed by Dr. John E. Donahue

 

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