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Pineal Tumors

 

 

Etiology

 

Pineal germ cell tumors arise from primordial germ cells in structures around the third ventricle.

 

Hereditary Factors

Pineal tumors are associated with retinoblastoma and rarely with Klinefelter’s syndrome.

 

 

External link:

Case report of trilateral retinoblastoma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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