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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
- others
- glioma
- ganglioneuroma
- ganglioglioma
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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