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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
A 15-year-old boy presented with hydrocephalus due to a pineal tumor presumed to be a germinoma. After a shunting procedure, gross total tumor resection was carried out via an occipital transtentorial approach. Histopathological examination of the tissue demonstrated that, in addition to the expected germinoma, the tumor also contained areas of astrocytoma and areas that, taken in isolation as in a needle biopsy, could have been diagnosed as pineocytoma. The diagnosis and therapy of a pineal tumor of mixed histological types such as this lesion would be seriously compromised by "conventional" empiric radiation and even a stereotactic needle biopsy may not have provided an adequate tissue sample.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0148-396X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
373-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Surgical resection of a pineal tumor containing elements of germinoma and astrocytoma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't