Subarachnoid spread of germinoma mimicking tuberculous meningitis

T N Suresh; Anita Mahadevan; Vani Santosh; S K Shankar

Subarachnoid spread of germinoma mimicking tuberculous meningitis

Neurol India. 2004 Jun;52(2):251-3.

Authors

T N Suresh¹, Anita Mahadevan, Vani Santosh, S K Shankar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore - 560 029, India.

PMID: 15269485

Abstract

A case of pineal germinaoma spreading along the basal subarachnoid space, clinically and macroscopically at autopsy, resembling tuberculous basal arachnoiditis is reported. Need to carry out CSF cytology of even hemorrhagic CSF is stressed, to diagnose the condition.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Brain Neoplasms / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Germinoma / diagnosis*
Germinoma / pathology
Humans
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Pineal Gland*
Subarachnoid Space / pathology*
Tuberculosis, Meningeal / diagnosis*