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Pineal region tumors Comprise approximately 5% of pediatric central nervous system tumors, and may be seen (albeit less commonly) in adults as well. Although the majority of pineal region tumors are germinomas, a wide variety of tumor types may be found in this region. As the morbidity and mortality rates for surgical treatment of pineal region tumors prior to 1940 approached 90%, standard therapy consisted of shunting followed by empiric radiation therapy. With the advent of modern surgical techniques, particularly the minimally invasive stereotactic and endoscopic approaches to the pineal region, modern treatment protocols are now based on histopathologic diagnosis.
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Prayson, R.A., Cohen, M.L. (2000). Pineal Region Tumors. In: Practical Differential Diagnosis in Surgical Neuropathology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-037-7_23
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