Rare Tumors (Jun 2021)

A rare case of extremely delayed osseous metastasis of pineoblastoma

  • Anthony L Nguyen,
  • Esther G Chong,
  • Joanne Lee,
  • Saied Mirshahidi,
  • Hamid Mirshahidi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2036361320975752
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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Pineoblastoma is a rare, primitive, and malignant tumor arising from the parenchyma of the pineal gland. It typically metastasizes along the cerebral neural axis, with rare extraneural metastasis and even more rare intraosseous extraneural metastasis. A patient with pineoblastoma, initially treated with chemotherapy, presented 10 years after initial diagnosis with multiple osseous metastases including his pelvis, femur, and vertebrae, and is currently undergoing chemotherapy.