Table 2.
Distribution of locations in different histological subtype of 34 CNS GCTs
| Tumor Location (male: Female) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Histology | No. | age | S | P | H | TV | SS | BG | MS | Total ratio |
| G | 23 | 15.8 | 5:3 | 4:1 | 3:1 | 3:0 | 0:1 | 1:0 | 1:0 | 17:6 |
| MT | 6 | 23.2 | 1:0 | 1:0 | - | - | 0:1 | - | 3:0 | 5:1 |
| IT | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | 1:0 | - | - | - | 1:0 |
| MGCT | 2 | 16.5 | 1:1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1:1 |
| EC | 1 | 12 | 0:1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0:1 |
| CC | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | 1:0 | - | - | - | 1:0 |
| Total | 34 | 16.9 | 7:5 | 5:1 | 3:1 | 5:0 | 0:2 | 1:0 | 4:0 | 25:9 |
| Of pts | - | - | 12/34 | 6/34 | 4/34 | 5/34 | 2/34 | 1/34 | 4/34 | |
| Of pts (%) | - | - | 35.3% | 17.6% | 11.8% | 14.7% | 5.9% | 2.9% | 11.8% | |
G: germinoma; MT: mature teratoma; IT: immature teratoma; EC: embryonal carcinoma; CC: choriocarcinoma; MGCTs: mixed germ cell tumors; STGCs: syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells. S: sellar; SS: suprasella; P: pineal; H: hypothalamus; TV: third ventricle; BG: basal ganglia; MS: medulla spinalis.