A 24 year-old patient presented with chronic intracranial hypertension, palsy of both abducens nerves and upward gaze, and right hypoesthesia. CT scan and MRI showed a left thalamic tumor infiltrating the left cerebral peduncle. A stereotactic biopsy revealed a germ cell tumor. Following radiotherapy the patient recovered except for ophthalmoplegia. The tumor totally disappeared on CT scan and MRI.
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