pineal tumors

• aqueductal obstruction ==> hydrocephalus
• paralysis of upward gaze (d/t pressure on quarigeminal plate)
• precocious puberty
• sx of hypothalamic, thalamic, cerebellar or pyramidal lesion

• germ-cell (teratoid) tumors
  • teratoma
  • germinoma / atypical teratoma
  • endodermal sinus (yolk sac) tumor
  • choriocarcinoma

• pineal-cell tumors
  • pineocytoma
  • pineo---

• others
  • glioma
  • ganglioneuroma
  • ganglioglioma

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18