Pineal gliosarcoma in a 5-year-old girl

Radiol Case Rep. 2017 Dec 6;13(1):244-247. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2017.11.003. eCollection 2018 Feb.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to report a rare case of a pediatric pineal gliosarcoma. Gliomas on the pineal region are uncommon, representing 0.4%-1% of all brain tumors. Furthermore, pediatric gliosarcomas are a very rare entity. We present a case of a 5-year-old girl, with a history of headache, vomiting, diplopia, and gait disturbances. A pineal tumor was found with pathology results consistent with a gliosarcoma. A total of 25 cases of pediatric gliosarcomas have been reported, none of them in pineal topography. Only 3 gliosarcomas were found in the pineal region, but these were found in adults. To our knowledge, this is the first pediatric pineal gliosarcoma reported in the literature.

Keywords: Gliosarcoma; Malignant glioma; Pineal tumor; Spinal metastases.

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  • Case Reports