Türk Nöroşirürji Dergisi 1991 , Vol 2 , Num 2
ASTROCYTOMAS OF THE PINEAL REGION
Tuncer SÜZER1, Giyas AYBERK1,Celal İPLİKÇİOĞLU1, Muzaffer ERYILMAZ2,Kemal BENLİ1
1Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Nöroşirürji Anabilim Dalı
2Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı
Pineal region tumors constitute 0.4-1% of all intracranial tumors. Between 1974 and 1990, 8 pineal region astrocytoma cases had been treated in our department. All patients underwent surgical intervention and postoperative radiotherapy. Major complaints were headache, nausea and vomiting. On neurological examination papilledema and hemiparesis could be found frequently. In these cases one should decompress tumoral mass and obtain adequate cerebrospinal fluid circulation. Anahtar Kelimeler : Corpus pineale, Pineal astrocytoma