Certain clinical findings may be associated with an intracranial teratoma (germinoma) arising in the suprasellar region.
The clinical impact of a suprasellar teratoma varies with the tumor’s impact on adjacent structures:
(1) optic nerves
(2) pituitary
(3) hypothalamus
Cliinical features of a suprasellar teratoma:
(1) visual disturbances
(2) abnormalities of water metabolism including polydipsia and diabetes insipidus
(3) hypopituitarism with
(3a) growth retardation
(3b) disorders of sexual maturation (precocious puberty, hypogonadism)
(4) abnormalities of thermoregulation
(5) alterations in consciousness
An increase in water intake may precede the other symptoms by weeks or months.
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Specialty: Hematology Oncology, Surgery, general, Neurology
