Radiologic-pathologic conference of Children's Hospital Boston: pineal region mass in a neonate

Pediatr Radiol. 1997 Oct;27(10):829-31. doi: 10.1007/s002470050247.

Abstract

Prenatal ultrasound examination of a fetus revealed a pineal region mass. Shortly after birth the baby was evaluated with MRI and ultrasound of the brain. The clinical history and the MRI, operative, and histological findings are presented and discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Congress

MeSH terms

  • Boston
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Craniotomy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Down Syndrome / complications
  • Down Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pineal Gland* / diagnostic imaging
  • Pineal Gland* / pathology
  • Radiography
  • Teratoma / complications
  • Teratoma / diagnosis*
  • Teratoma / surgery
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal