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Pineoblastoma with an unusually long survival. Case report
Y Uematsu1, T Itakura, S Hayashi
1Department of Neurological Surgery, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
Journal of Neurosurgery
|August 1, 1988
Abstract:
The authors report a case of pineoblastoma with a 9-year follow-up period after stereotaxic biopsy, a shunting procedure, and radiotherapy. Light and electron microscopic studies of biopsy and autopsy specimens revealed no cell differentiation of the pineoblastoma. The possible factors predisposing to long survival are discussed in comparison with the course in patients with medulloblastoma.