EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE 10: 1375-1379, 2015
Papillary tumor of the pineal region: A case report and review of the literature XIAOMIN HUA1*, PING YANG2*, MING ZHANG3, YUDAN ZHAO1 and BIN WANG1 1
Department of Microbiology, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, Shandong 266071; 2Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai, Shandong 264000; 3Department of Anatomy, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, P.R. China Received April 13, 2015; Accepted July 14, 2015 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2015.2696
Abstract. Papillary tumor of the pineal region (PTPR) was first described as a distinct tumor entity in 2003 and was introduced into the World Health Organization classification of central nervous system tumors in 2007. This tumor is rare and, to the best of our knowledge, only 7 cases have been reported in children
Papillary tumor of the pineal region: A case report and review of the literature XIAOMIN HUA1*, PING YANG2*, MING ZHANG3, YUDAN ZHAO1 and BIN WANG1 1
Department of Microbiology, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, Shandong 266071; 2Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai, Shandong 264000; 3Department of Anatomy, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, P.R. China Received April 13, 2015; Accepted July 14, 2015 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2015.2696
Abstract. Papillary tumor of the pineal region (PTPR) was first described as a distinct tumor entity in 2003 and was introduced into the World Health Organization classification of central nervous system tumors in 2007. This tumor is rare and, to the best of our knowledge, only 7 cases have been reported in children
