...R. Pomarède; J. Finidori; P. Czernichow; A. Pfister; J.F. Hirsch; R. Rappaport The present report concerns a 10-year-old boy in whom diabetes insipidus and short stature were the first manifestations of a suprasellar germinoma. Neuroradiological investigations performed when these symptoms appeared...

...Keiji Sano; Masao Matsutani 60 cases of histologically verified pinealoma of the two-cell-pattern type (the so-called germinoma) experienced from 1962 to 1979 were submitted to direct surgery (by occipital transtentorial approach or infratentorial supracerebellar approach in case of tumors...

... to illustrate the management of four major tumor types encountered: craniopharyngioma, pituitary adenoma, germinoma, and diencephalic glioma. Both subfrontal and transsphenoidal surgical approaches were used. Although total resection of benign tumors is desirable, prudent use of a variety of techniques can...