Disseminated hematogenous metastases from a pineal germinoma in an infant. Case report.
A pineal germinoma in a 9-month-old boy is described. After surgical resection and cerebrospinal fluid diversionary shunting, the child developed hematogenous metastases which showed marked increased uptake on radionuclide gallium-67 scans.
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging