title: Pineoblastoma with an unusually long survival. Case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uematsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itakura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Komai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000473:pathology*