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Tumors of the Pineal Region

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Most pineal-region neoplasms are germ cell tumors, followed by PPTs and gliomas. Given its axial deep-seated localization, stereotactic biopsy is the method of choice for obtaining diagnostic tissue. Cytologic features of PPT are quite different. Pineoblastoma shows an undifferentiated appearance similar to that of embryonal tumors, whereas pineocytoma resembles central neurocytoma with round, uniform pineocytic cells.

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  1. University General Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

    César R. Lacruz MD, PhD, FIAC

  2. University Hospital Extremadura Medical School, Badajoz, Spain

    Javier Sáenz de Santamaría MD, PhD, FIAC

  3. Outpatient Pathology Associates, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Ricardo H. Bardales MD, MIAC

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Lacruz, C.R., Sáenz de Santamaría, J., Bardales, R.H. (2014). Tumors of the Pineal Region. In: Central Nervous System Intraoperative Cytopathology. Essentials in Cytopathology, vol 13. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8429-5_15

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