Primary glioblastoma in the pineal region: a case report and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Glioblastoma in the pineal region is extremely rare with only a few cases reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 68-year-old man presented with a sudden deterioration manifesting as a headache, vomiting and gait disturbance. A magnetic resonance imaging study revealed a heter...

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Autores principales: Moon, Kyung-Sub, Jung, Shin, Jung, Tae-Young, Kim, In-Young, Lee, Min-Cheol, Lee, Kyung-Hwa
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2547112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18752674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-288
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author Moon, Kyung-Sub
Jung, Shin
Jung, Tae-Young
Kim, In-Young
Lee, Min-Cheol
Lee, Kyung-Hwa
author_facet Moon, Kyung-Sub
Jung, Shin
Jung, Tae-Young
Kim, In-Young
Lee, Min-Cheol
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description INTRODUCTION: Glioblastoma in the pineal region is extremely rare with only a few cases reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 68-year-old man presented with a sudden deterioration manifesting as a headache, vomiting and gait disturbance. A magnetic resonance imaging study revealed a heterogeneously ring-enhanced mass in the pineal region. The mass was subtotally removed through the occipital transtentorial approach, and diagnosed as a glioblastoma. CONCLUSION: We discuss the clinical course, radiological findings and treatment strategies of pineal glioblastoma with a review of the relevant literature.
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spelling pubmed-25471122008-09-23 Primary glioblastoma in the pineal region: a case report and review of the literature Moon, Kyung-Sub Jung, Shin Jung, Tae-Young Kim, In-Young Lee, Min-Cheol Lee, Kyung-Hwa J Med Case Reports Case Report INTRODUCTION: Glioblastoma in the pineal region is extremely rare with only a few cases reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 68-year-old man presented with a sudden deterioration manifesting as a headache, vomiting and gait disturbance. A magnetic resonance imaging study revealed a heterogeneously ring-enhanced mass in the pineal region. The mass was subtotally removed through the occipital transtentorial approach, and diagnosed as a glioblastoma. CONCLUSION: We discuss the clinical course, radiological findings and treatment strategies of pineal glioblastoma with a review of the relevant literature. BioMed Central 2008-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2547112/ /pubmed/18752674 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-288 Text en Copyright © 2008 Moon et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Moon, Kyung-Sub
Jung, Shin
Jung, Tae-Young
Kim, In-Young
Lee, Min-Cheol
Lee, Kyung-Hwa
Primary glioblastoma in the pineal region: a case report and review of the literature
title Primary glioblastoma in the pineal region: a case report and review of the literature
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title_short Primary glioblastoma in the pineal region: a case report and review of the literature
title_sort primary glioblastoma in the pineal region: a case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2547112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18752674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-288
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