Endoscopic diagnosis of a pineal papillary glioneuronal tumor with extensive ventricular involvement: case report with review of literature.
Papillary glioneuronal tumor (PGNT) is a newly described mixed glioneuronal tumor, recently included in the World Health Organization classification of central nervous system tumors. We report morphologic and immunohistochemical characteristics PGNT of the pineal region extending into the third and lateral ventricles in a four-year-old male child and reviewed all the cases reported in the international literature till date. In this child the diagnosis of PGNT was established by endoscopic biopsy and squash smear examination.
Department of Pathology and Neurosurgery, CSM (erstwhile King George's) Medical University, Lucknow, India. drnuzhathusain@hotmail.com
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019723:Endoscopes; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D018396:Mucin-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000378:metabolism; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D016708:Synaptophysin / Q000378:metabolism
D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D018396:Mucin-1; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D016708:Synaptophysin; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase