A case of pineocytoma associated with intraventricular and meningeal metastasis is reported. The patient, a 25-year-old female, was admitted complaining of headache. Computed tomography revealed an irregular-shaped pineal lesion enhanced by contrast medium and accompanied by a cyst. An
A 37-year-old male presented with a mass measuring 2.5 cm in size in the midbrain and obstructive hydrocephalus, which had manifested as a headache and dizziness. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the brain showed intermediate enhancement on T1-weighted MR imaging and a high intensity of
A female case of precocious puberty associated with HCG-producing ectopic pinealoma was reported. The patient, a 5-year-old girl, was referred to the hospital because of headache and choked discs. Physical examination revealed normal physical growth with breast enlargement. Endocrinological study
A patient was admitted to the Emergency Department of the Montreal General Hospital and referred to the Ophthalmology Clinic. He reported disorientation, dizziness, frontal headaches, and near vision problems. He had reduced near vision, binocular vision anomalies, Collier's sign, and abnormal pupil
OBJECTIVE
To report on the frequency of cysts and tumors of the pineal gland in patients with retinoblastoma.
METHODS
Observational retrospective case control study.
METHODS
METHODS
Institutional. study population: Four hundred eight patients treated for retinoblastoma from January 2000 to January
Pineoblastomas (PBs) are rare and aggressive malignancies of the pineal gland. They are more commonly diagnosed in children between 1-12 years old, and are very rarely diagnosed in adults. For this reason, evidence in literature for adults is scarce and mainly derives from the paediatric practice.
We evaluated the efficacy of interstitial brachytherapy (IBT) using (125)Iodine ((125)I) seeds for treatment of papillary tumors of the pineal region. Between September 2003 and September 2010, four patients (M/F = 2/2; median age, 57.3 years; range 29.2-69.1 years) with papillary tumors of the
Pineal parenchymal tumors (PPT), including pineoblastomas, are very uncommon, especially in adults. Because of the small number of reported cases, the histological and biological features of these tumors are still being defined, as is their optimal management. Also, the pathological variability of
An 18-year-old male was admitted with headache, nausea, and vomiting. Computed tomography (CT) revealed an enhanced tumor of the pineal region and hydrocephalus. The tumor was partially resected via a parieto-occipital craniectomy. The histological diagnosis was germinoma. No serum tumor markers
The treatment strategy and prognosis of pineal cell tumors are still subjects of debate because of their rarity and the mixture of pineoblastoma and pineocytoma as components. Pineoblastoma is believed to be the more malignant tumor and total gross resection of this tumor is very difficult because
BACKGROUND
Pineal parenchymal tumors of intermediate differentiation (PPTIDs) are rare lesions. The differential diagnosis and management strategy for PPTIDs can be challenging because of the variable prognostic and pathologic characteristics of these tumors.
METHODS
A 24-year-old man presented with
This 18-year-old woman presented with headache and diplopia over several months and was found to have an enhancing pineal tumor with resultant obstructive hydrocephalus. Following standard preoperative diagnostic tests, including spinal axis imaging, the patient was taken to the operating room for
The pineal region is an unusual site for brain metastasis and most metastatic pineal lesions are asymptomatic. A 53 year-old man presented with severe headache, limitation of upward gaze and diplopia. The patient's neurological examination was unremarkable. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of
The authors report a rare case of tuberous sclerosis associated with pineal region mixed glioma. A 38-year-old woman with tuberous sclerosis, who had a past history of left nephrectomy and tumorectomy of the right kidney for bilateral renal angiomyolipomas, was admitted because of headache and
BACKGROUND
Although pineal parenchymal tumours are very rare in elderly patients, we recently successfully treated a 72-year-old male patient. Interestingly, the histology of his pineal parenchymal tumour was mixed pineocytoma/pineoblastoma, which is reported to be extremely rare in aged patients.
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