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ArticleEcancermedicalscience2025

Pineal gland seminoma: unusual localisation investigated through a case report and a literature review.

F Z Abdelli, S Ouaddane Alami, S Khalfi, K Soussy, W Hassani, F Z Farhane, Z Alami, T Bouhafa

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Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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F Z AbdelliRadiation Therapy Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fes 30050, Morocco.
S Ouaddane AlamiRadiation Therapy Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fes 30050, Morocco.
S KhalfiRadiation Therapy Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fes 30050, Morocco.
K SoussyRadiation Therapy Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fes 30050, Morocco.
W HassaniRadiation Therapy Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fes 30050, Morocco.
F Z FarhaneRadiation Therapy Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fes 30050, Morocco.
Z AlamiRadiation Therapy Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fes 30050, Morocco.
T BouhafaRadiation Therapy Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fes 30050, Morocco.

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Abstract

Germinoma (called seminoma in the testis and dysgerminoma in the ovary) is the neoplastic side of the primitive germ cell. It may be of gonadal or extragonadal origin, although intracranial location remains rare (between 0.5% and 3.2% in adults), 2/3 of which are located in the pineal region. We report a case of a patient with a seminoma of the pineal gland. Symptoms included headache, vomiting and diplopia. The work-up was negative. The patient was initially treated with bleomycin, etoposide and platinum protocol chemotherapy. The tumour was deemed inaccessible to surgery, which is why the patient underwent three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy with a dose of 24 Gy in 12 fractions to the tri-ventricular system, followed by a 16 Gy boost to the pineal region. Pineal neoplasms are rare. Its prognosis has been considerably improved thanks to a multidisciplinary approach. However, radiotherapy remains a good alternative approach.

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chemotherapypineal glandradiotherapyseminoma

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PMID40556791
PMCPMC12185864

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