Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2007, 151(1):121-123 | DOI: 10.5507/bp.2007.023

PAPILLARY PINEOCYTOMA IN CHILD: A CASE REPORT

Wiesław Marcol^a,b, Katarzyna Kotulska^a, Wiesława Grajkowska^c, Dariusz Gołka^d, Paweł Właszczuk^d, Monika Drogosiewicz^e, Marek Mandera^b, Joanna Lewin-Kowalik^a, Marcin Roszkowski^f

^a Department of Physiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

^b Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

^c Department of Pathology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

^d Department of Pathology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

^e Department of Oncology, The Children',s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

^f Department of Neurosurgery, The Children',s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

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Background: Papillary pineocytoma is an extremely rare tumor usually with a poor outcome.

Case report: We report a case of a 10-year-old-girl with pineal gland tumor and obstructuve hydrocephalus diangnosed using MRI. The child was successful treated by insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt and consecutive tumor resection by supracerebellar-infratentorial approach. Histopathological examination showed a papillary structure of the pineocytoma. As such, tumors are considered to be aggressive the child was subjected to radio- and chemotherapy.

Conclusion: At six year follow-up after surgery, the patient is symptom-free and the MRI shows no tumor recurrence.

Keywords: Pineal tumors, Pineocytoma, Papillary structures, Prognosis, Therapy,

Received: February 20, 2007; Accepted: May 28, 2007; Published: June 1, 2007  Show citation