Pineal anlage tumour - a rare entity with divergent histology

Ahuja, Arvind ; Sharma, Mehar Chand ; Suri, Vaishali ; Sarkar, Chitra ; Sharma, B. S. ; Garg, Ajay (2011) Pineal anlage tumour - a rare entity with divergent histology Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 18 (6). pp. 811-813. ISSN 0967-5868

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Abstract

Pineal anlage tumour is a rare tumour of the pineal gland that is not listed in the 2007 World Health Organization classification of tumours of the central nervous system. Pineal anlage has been defined as a primary pineal tumour with both neuroepithelial and ectomesenchymal differentiation but without endodermal differentiation. We report a pineal anlage tumour in a 4-month-old boy, the youngest patient reported with this rare tumour, with a brief review of the literature. Clinicians and neuropathologists should be aware of this entity as it is likely to be misdiagnosed as a teratoma or a melanocytic tumour of the central nervous system.

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Keywords:Brain Tumour; Central Nervous System Tumour; Neuroepithelial and Ectomesenchymal Differentiation; Pineal Anlage Tumour; Pineal Gland
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