Glioblastoma of pineal region: report of four cases and literature review

Enrique Orrego; Sandro Casavilca; Pamela Garcia-Corrochano; Sugey Rojas-Meza; Miluska Castillo; Carlos A. Castaneda

doi:10.2217/cns-2016-0047

Glioblastoma of pineal region: report of four cases and literature review

Enrique Orrego, Sandro Casavilca, Pamela Garcia-Corrochano, Sugey Rojas-Meza, Miluska Castillo, Carlos A. Castaneda

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Abstract

We report four cases of glioblastoma in the pineal region. The patients presented a severe headache and vomiting. Brain imaging showed a heterogeneously enhanced tumor in the pineal region with obstructive hydrocephalus. Case 3 developed a subependymal dissemination. The patient went to ventricular-peritoneal shunt and subtotal or total resection and radiotherapy with/without chemotherapy. Cases 1 and 2 received radiation and died 8 and 11 later months. Cases 3 and 4 completed radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and survived 28 and 31 months after the initial diagnosis. Glioblastoma in the pineal region carry a poor prognosis and require neurooncology teams.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	251-259
Number of pages	9
Journal	CNS oncology
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2217/cns-2016-0047
State	Published - 1 Oct 2017

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brain tumor
glioblastoma
pineal

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