Germinomas constitute 0.1–3.4% of all intracranial tumours1 and 90% affect patients less than 20 years old. Although they are relatively aggressive tumours, which commonly invade the surrounding ...

The suprasellar mass was mildly lobulated, predominantly hyperintense on T2-weighted images, hypointense on T1-weighted images and mildly hyperintense with FLAIR images.

Primary intracranial germ cell tumors (GCT) are divided into germinomas (G) and nongerminomatous (NG) GCT. 1 - 4 They are primarily located in the midline, at the pineal, suprasellar region, both ...

The study included 102 patients treated between January 2004 and July 2008. Median age was 12 years, and 76% were male; 53.9% had pineal region masses, and 23.5% had suprasellar lesions. Sixty-nine ...

A CT of the head revealed a large (3 x 4.5 x 4 cm) midline suprasellar mass arising from the sella turcica with amorphous calcification compressing the third ventricle (Figure 1).

Treatment was not resumed until March 2003, when visual loss worsened (right eye, 20/300; left eye, no perception of light). MRI studies revealed persistent suprasellar disease.

Note the presence of a large suprasellar mass that enhances with gadolinium. If one looks closely, one can see the thickening and greater enhancement of the mass near the infundibulum of the pituitary ...

Craniopharyngiomas arise in the suprasellar region and are often calcified and cystic. They are slow growing tumors that occur in children and adults, and can become very large in size. In children, ...