Clinical utility of cerebrospinal fluid-placental alkaline phosphatase for the diagnosis of intracranial germinoma

• Main Authors: Satoshi Obu (Author), Katsutsugu Umeda (Author), Kougoro Iwanaga (Author), Satoshi Saida (Author), Itaru Kato (Author), Hidefumi Hiramatsu (Author), Yohei Mineharu (Author), Yoshiki Arakawa (Author), Megumi Uto (Author), Takashi Mizowaki (Author), Souichi Adachi (Author), Tomoo Daifu (Author), Masahiko Kawai (Author), Junko Takita (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The clinical utility of measuring cerebrospinal fluid placental alkaline phosphatase (CSF-PLAP) was evaluated in three patients with germinoma. CSF-PLAP was elevated in two patients with suprasellar germinoma who were symptomatic before developing typical radiological findings. The third patient, wh...