A rosette-forming glioneuronal tumour of the pineal gland.
A rosette-forming glioneuronal tumour (RGNT) is a rare tumour with new information emerging. We review the literature and describe the second patient with a RGNT arising from the pineal gland. This is also the fifth report of a RGNT arising from outside the fourth ventricle. The prognosis of RGNT remains guarded, as long-term follow-up is not yet available for most patients reported. With only one of 35 patients having a documented recurrence at 10 years, the prognosis seems favourable with appropriate, but not necessarily total, surgical resection.
Frydenberg
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Department of Neurosurgery, c/o Suite 712, St Vincent's Clinic, St Vincent's Private Hospital, 438 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia. llen.frydenberg@gmail.com
Laherty
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Rodriguez
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Ow-Yang
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Steel
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D000328:Adult; D005910:Glioma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012397:Rosette Formation