Tackling a Recurrent Pinealoblastoma

Tackling a Recurrent Pinealoblastoma

Pineoblastomas are rare, malignant, pineal region lesions that account for <0.1% of all intracranial tumors and can metastasize along the neuroaxis. Pineoblastomas are more common in children than in adults and adults account for <10% of patients. The management of pinealoblastoma is multimoda...

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Published in:Case reports in oncological medicine Vol. 2014; no. 2014; pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors: Viswanath, Lokesh, Abdul Razack, Tanvir pasha Chitraduraga, Aal, Mahalaxmi, Umesh, Kavita, Beerappa Gowda, Jaipal, Kalavagunta, Sruthi, Palled, Siddanna, Gowda, Veerabhadre
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01-01-2014
Hindawi Limited
Subjects:
Cancer
Cancer therapies
Case Report
Cellular biology
Chemotherapy
Children & youth
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Patients
Radiation therapy
Tumors
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Summary:Pineoblastomas are rare, malignant, pineal region lesions that account for <0.1% of all intracranial tumors and can metastasize along the neuroaxis. Pineoblastomas are more common in children than in adults and adults account for <10% of patients. The management of pinealoblastoma is multimodality approach, surgery followed with radiation and chemotherapy. In view of aggressive nature few centres use high dose chemotherapy with autologus stem cell transplant in newly diagnosed cases but in recurrent setting the literature is very sparse. The present case represents the management of pinealoblastoma in the recurrent setting with reirradiation and adjuvant carmustine chemotherapy wherein the management guidelines are not definitive.
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Academic Editor: Francesca Micci
ISSN:2090-6706
2090-6714
DOI:10.1155/2014/135435