Acute circulatory deficiency due to endocrinal tumoral manipulation: the pinealoblastoma

Abstract

We rapport the case of a patient presenting intra-abdominal metastasis of a pinealoblastoma, via a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt, confirmed by an anatomo-pathologic exam. The patient presented an acute hydrocephalus secondary to DVP dysfunction. The surgical manipulation of this metastasis had caused an acute circulatory deficiency due to massive serotonin release. In this case we analyze pineal gland physiology and serotonin effect on different systems.

Keywords

• pinealoblastoma
• vp shunt
• metastasis
• circulatory deficiency
• serotonin