TY - JOUR
T1 - A rosette-forming glioneuronal tumour of the pineal gland
AU - Frydenberg, E.
AU - Laherty, R.
AU - Rodriguez, M.
AU - Ow-Yang, M.
AU - Steel, T.
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Fourth ventricle
KW - Low-grade CNS tumour
KW - Pilocytic astrocytoma
KW - Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumour
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.03.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.03.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 20594856
AN - SCOPUS:77955660234
VL - 17
SP - 1326
EP - 1328
JO - Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
JF - Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
SN - 0967-5868
IS - 10
ER -