[A case of metastasis of a pineal germinoma to the vertebral canal].

Abstract

A case of pinealoma is described in a patient aged 16 years who had been treated initially conservatively with ventriculoperitoneal shunting and cobalt irradiation of the whole brain. The spine was not irradiated because of absence of histological examination. After 6 months the patient returned to hospital with paraparesis and pains in the sacral area. Myelography demonstrated contrast stop at the Th10-11 level. The surgically removed tumour was a pinealoblastoma. Improvement was achieved after postoperative treatment with methotrexate, vincristine and belustin.

• Authors: E Kurzaj, W Kloc
• Journal: Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska (Neurol Neurochir Pol) 1986 Sep-Oct Vol. 20 Issue 5 Pg. 489-91 ISSN: 0028-3843 [Print] Poland
• Vernacular Title: Przypadek przerzutu szyszyniaka płodowego do kanału kregowego.
• PMID: 3587520 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Brain Neoplasms (therapy)
• Humans
• Male
• Pinealoma (therapy)
• Spinal Cord Neoplasms (drug therapy, secondary)