RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 MR Imaging of Papillary Tumor of the Pineal Region
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 187
OP 189
DO 10.3174/ajnr.A0784
VO 29
IS 1
A1 A.H. Chang
A1 G.N. Fuller
A1 J.M. Debnam
A1 J.P. Karis
A1 S.W. Coons
A1 J.S. Ross
A1 B.L. Dean
YR 2008
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/29/1/187.abstract
AB SUMMARY: We report the imaging features of 4 cases of patients with papillary tumor of the pineal region, a tumor newly recognized in the 2007 World Health Organization “Classification of Tumors of the Nervous System.” In each case, the tumor was intrinsically hyperintense on T1-weighted images with a characteristic location in the posterior commissure or pineal region. The pathologic hallmarks of the tumor are discussed, including a possible explanation for the MR imaging characteristics in our cases.