Computed tomography of familial pineoblastoma.
Although certain tumors such as retinoblastoma have a known familial pattern of transmission, the familial occurrence of pineoblastoma has not been reported previously. We report pineoblastomas occurring in a mother and daughter and suggest that this type of tumor may have an inheritable mode of transmission.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed