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Brain Tumor Pathology
Published in: Brain Tumor Pathology 4/2016

01-10-2016 | Letter to the Editor

A case of papillary tumor of the pineal region with a long clinical history: molecular characterization and therapeutic consideration with review of the literature

Authors: Dai Kamamoto, Hikaru Sasaki, Kentaro Ohara, Katsuhiro Mizutani, Kazunari Yoshida

Published in: Brain Tumor Pathology | Issue 4/2016

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A 37-year-old male patient initially visited another hospital at the age of 22 complaining of headache. At that hospital, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of his brain showed a heterogeneously enhancing mass with hydrocephalus in the pineal gland. The patient underwent ventriculo-peritoneal shunt placement with partial tumor resection of the mass, although pathologically, no definitive diagnosis was made regarding the tumor. At that time, he had left lower quadrantanopia and disturbances of extraocular movements (upward gaze palsy and limitation of lateral gaze). He was then followed as an outpatient at that hospital. …
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Metadata
Title
A case of papillary tumor of the pineal region with a long clinical history: molecular characterization and therapeutic consideration with review of the literature
Authors
Dai Kamamoto
Hikaru Sasaki
Kentaro Ohara
Katsuhiro Mizutani
Kazunari Yoshida
Publication date
01-10-2016
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Brain Tumor Pathology / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 1433-7398
Electronic ISSN: 1861-387X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10014-016-0270-8

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