Title
Pineal Parenchymal Tumors of Intermediate Differentiation: A long-Term Follow-Up Study in Helsinki Neurosurgery
Date Issued
01 February 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Resendiz-Nieves J.C.
Jahromi B.R.
Colasanti R.
Raj R.
Tynninen O.
Collan J.
Hernesniemi J.
Helsinki University Hospital
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Inc.
Abstract
Background: Pineal parenchymal tumors of intermediate differentiation (PPTIDs) are rare lesions with particular features compared with other pineal parenchymal tumors. Methods: We present a retrospective review of patients with histologically confirmed PPTIDs who were operated on in our department between 1997 and 2015. A demographic analysis and an evaluation of preoperative status, surgical treatment, as well as immediate and long-term clinical and radiologic outcomes were conducted. Results: Fifteen patients with PPTIDs were operated on between 1997 and 2015. Gross total removal was achieved in 11 cases; 2 patients underwent near-total resection, 1 partial resection, and 1 received brachytherapy after an endoscopic biopsy. Nine patients required external radiation therapy (4 due to a pleomorphic histology of their lesion including pineoblastoma features in 3 of them; 3 after a subtotal resection; and 2 for tumor recurrence). No patient received chemotherapy. The survival rate of our patients was 57.1% at a mean follow-up of 137.2 ± 77.6 months (39–248 months). Conclusions: A proper multidisciplinary management of PPTIDs based on a gross total removal of the lesion, and an adjuvant radiotherapy in selected cases, may improve the overall survival of these aggressive tumors.
Start page
e729
End page
e739
Volume
122
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología Neurología clínica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85057231330
PubMed ID
Source
World Neurosurgery
ISSN of the container
18788750
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