ectopic pinealoma
Type: Term
Definitions:
1. an obsolete term for an undifferentiated neoplasm resembling a pinealoma, usually found near the pituitary gland; believed by some to be an undifferentiated teratoma.
Pinealoma is often grouped with brain tumors because of its location.
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia ...
Brain tumors, called pinealoma, are most likely to occur in the hereditary form of retinoblastoma.
autosomal dominant ; bilateral ; cancer ; cell ; cell division ; chromosome ; deletion ; egg ; family history ; gene ; genetic testing ; glioma ; inheritance ; melanoma ; mutation ; new mutation ; osteosarcoma ; pineal ; pineal gland ; pinealoma ; ...
Common benign tumors are meningiomas, acoustic neuromas, pituitary gland tumors, craniopharyngiomas, germinomas, pinealomas, and hemangioblastomas.
 See also: Cancer, Blastoma, Glioma, Brain tumor, Brain Tumors
  
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