| Autor: |
Schulte, F., Herrmann, H., Müller, D., Franke, H., Saeger, W., Spaar, F., Bartels, S., Schulte, F J, Herrmann, H D, Müller, D, Spaar, F W |
| Zdroj: |
European Journal of Pediatrics; 1987, Vol. 146 Issue 3, p233-245, 13p |
| Abstrakt: |
In Germany, the relative frequency of pineal region tumours seems to be much higher than hitherto assumed. At the University Hospital Hamburg, from 1980-1985 17 children with pineal region tumours were encountered amongst 102 children with CNS tumours. Two-cell-type germinoma is the most frequent pineal region tumour. Cerebrospinal fluid cytology is highly successful in identifying this germ cell tumour. Surgical removal has become a reasonably safe procedure in the treatment of pineal region tumours and was successful in all 10 cases so treated. In addition, our patients with two-cell-type germinomas received craniospinal axis radiation. All children, treated by both surgical removal and craniospinal axis radiation are so far relapse-free and are functioning on a pretreatment level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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