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- Title
Pineal gland tumor.
- Authors
Paul, Corina; Velea, I.; Tamasan, Ionela; Postelnicu, Carmen; Birsasteanu, F.; Badescu, Luiza; Cinca, Otilia Angi
- Abstract
The pineal gland tumors represent 3-8 % from the total number of cerebral tumors in the child. The mean age at onset ranges between 10 and 13 years Symptoms are correlated tightly with both the anatomic relations of the pineal gland and the histological structure of the tumor. The most encountered symptoms include headache, nausea, vomiting, all having as cause the compression on the surrounding tissues and the consecutive hydrocephaly. The authors present a 6 years old female child admitted in Clinic II Pediatrics for repeated vomiting, headache. Eye background examination revealed the papilla of the optic nerve with erased contur while the MRI exam found a pineal gland tumor accompanied by triventricular hydrocephaly.
- Subjects
PINEAL gland tumors; HEADACHE; NAUSEA; VOMITING; HYDROCEPHALUS
- Publication
Romanian Journal of Pediatrics / Revista Romana de Pediatrie, 2011, Vol 60, Issue 4, p415
- ISSN
1454-0398
- Publication type
Article