2025
Reclassification of pineal tumor as high-grade astrocytoma with piloid features through methylation profiling: illustrative case
Dincer A, Kim M, Hüseyinoglu Z, Chavez M, McGuone D, Moliterno J. Reclassification of pineal tumor as high-grade astrocytoma with piloid features through methylation profiling: illustrative case. Journal Of Neurosurgery Case Lessons 2025, 9: case24778. PMID: 40324324, PMCID: PMC12051993, DOI: 10.3171/case24778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-grade astrocytomasPiloid featuresHigh-grade neuroepithelial tumorCNS tumor classificationGross-total resectionHigh-grade pathologyEndoscopic third ventriculostomyRight-sided weaknessMethylation profilesClinically relevant changesNeuroepithelial tumorsSuboccipital craniectomyTumor sizePineal tumorsPineal regionThird ventriculostomyTumor typesClinical trialsGlioma subtypesBiopsy samplesDNA methylation profilesTumorTargeted therapeuticsHistological appearanceInterval increase
2016
Ectopic intracranial germinoma
Shankar S, Wu X, Kalra VB, Huttner AJ, Malhotra A. Ectopic intracranial germinoma. Journal Of Clinical Neuroscience 2016, 31: 192-195. PMID: 27050919, DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2016.02.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorpus callosumParenchymal lesionsNear-total resolutionSmall peripheral cystsCommon imaging featuresExtent of diseaseIntra-axial massAppropriate differential diagnosisEctopic germinomasPituitary infundibulumPeripheral cystsYounger patientsEctopic lesionsPreoperative imagingHistopathological evaluationEctopic massImaging featuresIntracranial diseaseDifferential diagnosisIntracranial germinomaStereotactic biopsyPineal regionRadiation therapyGerminomaLesions
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