PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Marcol, Wiesław
AU  - Kotulska, Katarzyna
AU  - Grajkowska, Wiesława
AU  - Gołka, Dariusz
AU  - Właszczuk, Paweł
AU  - Drogosiewicz, Monika
AU  - Mandera, Marek
AU  - Lewin-Kowalik, Joanna
AU  - Roszkowski, Marcin
TI  - PAPILLARY PINEOCYTOMA IN CHILD: A CASE REPORT
DP  - 2007 Jun 1
TA  - Biomedical papers
PG  - 121--123
VI  - 151
IP  - 1
AID - 10.5507/bp.2007.023
IS  - 12138118
AB  - 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.