Therapeutic Courses of Presumed Intracranial Immature Teratoma Diagnosed Based on Increased Alpha-Fetoprotein

Shigeru Yamaguchi, Yukitomo Ishi, Michinari Okamoto, Sogo Oki, Ryosuke Sawaya, Hiroaki Motegi, Yukayo Terashita, Shinsuke Hirabayashi, Kentaro Nishioka, Takayuki Hashimoto, Hiromi Okada, Emi Takakuwa, Hidefumi Aoyama, Atsushi Manabe, Miki Fujimura

Journal of Child Neurology

Published online on May 07, 2026

Abstract

Journal of Child Neurology, Ahead of Print.
Intracranial immature teratoma (ImT) is one of the non-germinomatous germ cell tumors, and elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) value is a crucial clinical diagnostic indicator of ImT. In this retrospective study conducted among patients diagnosed with ...