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[A case of pineoblastoma primary presenting a pineal hemorrhage causing obstructive hydrocephalus]
Nobuhiro Hata1, Takanori Inamura, Toshio Matsushima
1Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 815-8582, Japan.
No Shinkei Geka. Neurological Surgery
|January 25, 2002
Abstract:
A 9-year-old female suddenly developed headache and nausea. Computed tomography (CT) revealed pineal mass lesion and obstructive hydrocephalus. One week after the onset, hydrocephalus spontaneously resolved. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed that the mass was a subacute hematoma and that hydrocephalus had improved. Sequential MRI 4 months later revealed an enhanced lesion in the pineal region. Total removal of the tumor by the occipital transtentorial approach established the histopathological diagnosis of pineoblastoma.