Abstract:A 13-year-old girl presented acutely with an episode of headache and signs of elevated intracranial pressure from a pineal gland tumor causing obstructive hydrocephalus. After an endoscopic third ventriculostomy and pineal gland biopsy, she was diagnosed with pineoblastoma. She was treated with surgical resection, craniospinal radiotherapy, and subsequent chemotherapy. Brain MRIs were performed every 3 months after surgery and remained stable with no new lesions or signs of residual tumor. However, a follow-up… Show more
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