Glioblastoma of pineal region: report of four cases and literature review

• Autores: Orrego Puelles, Enrique, Casavilca Sambrano, Sandro, Garcia-Corrochano, Pamela, Rojas-Meza, S, Castillo, Miluska, Castaneda, Carlos A
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2017
• Institución: Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas
• Repositorio: INEN-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.inen.sld.pe:inen/147
• Enlace del recurso: https://repositorio.inen.sld.pe/handle/inen/147
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: brain tumor; glioblastoma; pineal; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.21

We report four cases of glioblastoma in the pineal region. The patients presented a severe headache and vomiting. Brain imaging showed a heterogeneously enhanced tumor in the pineal region with obstructive hydrocephalus. Case 3 developed a subependymal dissemination. The patient went to ventricular-peritoneal shunt and subtotal or total resection and radiotherapy with/without chemotherapy. Cases 1 and 2 received radiation and died 8 and 11 later months. Cases 3 and 4 completed radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and survived 28 and 31 months after the initial diagnosis. Glioblastoma in the pineal region carry a poor prognosis and require neurooncology teams.