pinealoma


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Noun1.pinealoma - tumor of the pineal gland
neoplasm, tumor, tumour - an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
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As to the involvement of the globus pallidus, we experienced a patient aged 10 years old who suffered from complete destruction of the bilateral globus pallidus with the ectopic pinealoma, and showed characteristic dystonia similar to the hereditary torsion dystonia.
Besides, 2(0.68%) children had trilateral involvement with late evidence of pinealoma. Mean age at presentation in all cases either unilateral or bilateral was 35.98+-27.63 months with interquartile range (IQR) of 30(range: 1 month to 22 years).
This can be caused by an infection, such as tertiary syphilis (Argyll-Robertson pupils), or compressive lesion (pinealoma).