IJAR - Indian Journal of Applied Research

EDDAOUALLINE H; OUMGHAR N; BELBARAKA R; EL OMRANI A; KHOUCHANI M

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2017

PINEAL PARENCHYMAL TUMOR OF INTERMEDIATE DIFFERENTIATION: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Eddaoualline H, Oumghar N, Belbaraka R, El Omrani A, Khouchani M

Abstract :

Summary:

Pineal parenchymal tumors of intermediate differentiation (PPTID) are extremely rare malignancies, only limited data are available regarding their pathological behavior, pineal parenchymal tumors (PPT) account for less than 1% of all primary central nervous system neoplasms, PPT of grade II and III are grouped under name of PPTID, ranging between pinealocytoma (grade I) and pinealoblastoma (grade IV), we report the case of a 32 years old young woman treated in the radiation oncology department of Mohammed VI university hospital of Marrakech for a PPTID, the disease was revealed by an intracranial hypertension syndrome with vision acuity loss and Argyll Robertson syndrome, imaging shows no dissemination, the patient underwent first an endoscopic third ventriculostomy and then a stereotaxic biopsy, treatment consisted on 54 Gy local radiotherapy with partial response, after a follow–up of 7 months the patient is still in remission.