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pineal tumors

SIGNS:
  • aqueductal obstruction ==> hydrocephalus
  • paralysis of upward gaze (d/t pressure on quarigeminal plate)
  • precocious puberty
  • sx of hypothalamic, thalamic, cerebellar or pyramidal lesion

TYPES:
  • germ-cell (teratoid) tumors
    • teratoma
    • germinoma / atypical teratoma
    • endodermal sinus (yolk sac) tumor
    • choriocarcinoma

  • pineal-cell tumors
    • pineocytoma
    • pineo---

  • others
    • glioma
    • ganglioneuroma
    • ganglioglioma

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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