title: Asymptomatic intraventricular lipid leak from a primary pineal teratoma.
abstract: We present a case of pineal teratoma in a symptomatically stable 6-year-old child in which MRI revealed intraventricular lipid accumulation in the absence of any primary tumour growth, metastatic disease or tumour degeneration.
authors.affiliation: Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, UK. rachael_harrison@hotmail.com
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Abernethy
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008055:Lipids
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids