Familial pineoblastoma. Report of two cases.
Two cases of pineoblastoma are presented. One occurred in a 12-year-old girl and the other, 20 months later, in her 43-year-old mother. A possible genetic basis and mutual exposure to an environmental factor responsible for the expression of a tumor gene are postulated in the discussion.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*