Pineal Germinoma with Extracranial Metastases: Case Report
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mor of patients in the 3rd decade of life. It is a metastatic disease that usually occurs via the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and on rare occasions, via a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VP shunt). Extracranial hematogenous metastasis is, however, very rare and it usually follows multiple surgical interventions (1). We describe here a case of pineal germinoma with extracranial metastasis that occurred through the CSF pathway, and the disease progressed onward to hematogenous metastasis.
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