-
Review Case Reports
Long-Term Follow-Up After Radiosurgery of Papillary Tumor of Pineal Region: 2 Case Reports and Review of Literature.
- Cecilia Fernández-Mateos, Roberto Martinez, and Jesús Vaquero.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: valdelagua@hotmail.com.
- World Neurosurg. 2018 Aug 1; 116: 190-193.
BackgroundTumors of the pineal region are rare in adulthood, accounting for approximately 1% of intracranial neoplasms in this age range. Because of their rarity, it has proven to be difficult to establish the optimal therapy. Furthermore, microsurgical total resection in this eloquent location is associated with not low rates of morbidity.Case DescriptionWe describe 2 patients diagnosed with papillary tumors of the pineal region by stereotactic biopsy and referred for Gamma Knife radiosurgery after shunting for hydrocephalus. We report a long-term follow-up of 15 and 20 years, respectively, showing a good response to the treatment.ConclusionsAfter a diagnosis of papillary tumors of the pineal region, radiosurgery is an alternative treatment, with high local control and low morbidity.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..