[Acute abdominal pain due to a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt metastasis of an intracranial germ cell tumor]

Autor: S, Schrödter, O, Hakenberg, S, Oehlschläger, M, Fröhner, T, Kittner, M, Wirth
Jazyk: němčina
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Aktuelle Urologie. 37(2)
ISSN: 0001-7868
Popis: Extracranial metastases of pineal germinomas are rare.The case of a metastasis of a primary intracranial germ cell tumor via a temporary-ventriculo-peritoneal shunt as a cause of acute abdominal pain is reported. The germ cell tumor markers were useful in establishing the diagnosis.With an appropriate clinical history, intra-abdominal metastases via a temporary ventriculo-peritoneal shunt should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain.
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