A Rare Localized Pituitary Stalk Germinoma Presenting in the Third Decade

Table 2

Cases of germinomas with similar clinical features described in the literature.

Case	Age	Sex	Clinical Feature	Hormonal Deficiency	Stalk Thickening MRI	Treated as LH	Tumors Markers
Terasaka et al. (2012) [3]	40	Female	Headache, diplopia	Hypopituitarism, Central DI	Yes	Yes	PLAP
Torremocha et al. (2002) [4]	45	Male	Headache	Gonadotropin deficiencies	Yes	Yes	b-hCG [CSF]
Shimizu et al. (2014) [5]	36	Male	General malaise, decreased libido	Hypopituitarism, Central DI	Yes	No	None
Wen-Ping Yang et al. (2017) [6]	38	Male	General weakness	Hypopituitarism,	No	No	b-hCG [CSF]
Gonzalez et al. (2018)	34	Male	Fatigue, decreased libido	Hypopituitarism, Central DI	Yes	Yes	PLAP, C-kit, b-hCG

PLAP: placental alkaline phosphatase, DI: diabetes insipidus, b-hCG: beta-human chorionic gonadotropin, CSF: cerebrospinal fluid, MRI: magnetic resonance imaging, and LH: lymphocytic hypophysitis.