Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Emergency irradiation of 3.4Gy/2f in pineal gland germinoma patients with symptomatic hydrocephalus
| Characteristics | N = 35 | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 16 years | Range 5–31 years |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 30 | 85.7 |
| Female | 5 | 14.3 |
| Location | ||
| Pineal gland region | 23 | 65.7 |
| Sellar/suprasellar and pineal gland region | 7 | 20.0 |
| Pineal gland region with ventricular dissemination | 2 | 5.7 |
| Sellar/suprasellar and pineal gland region with ventricular dissemination | 3 | 8.6 |
| β-HCG elevation | 25.3 IU/L | Range 7.2–75.7 IU/L |
| Median maximum diameter of pineal gland lesions | 27 mm | Range 10–55 mm |
| Median volume of pineal gland lesions | 6.5 cm3 | Range 0.4–74.1 cm3 |
| Symptomsa | ||
| Headache, nausea, vomiting | 28 | 80.0 |
| Visual complaints | 19 | 54.3 |
| Adipsic diabetes insipidus | 8 | 22.8 |
| Syrigmus | 5 | 14.3 |
| Drossy | 5 | 14.3 |
| Hypomnesia | 4 | 11.4 |