IMMATURE TERATOMA OF THE PINEAL-GLAND WITH ISOCHROMOSOME 12P

Authors
DALCIN P DEITOS AP QI H GIANNINI C FURLANETTO A LONGATTI PL MARYNEN P VANDENBERGHE H
Citation
P. Dalcin et al., IMMATURE TERATOMA OF THE PINEAL-GLAND WITH ISOCHROMOSOME 12P, Acta Neuropathologica, 95(1), 1998, pp. 107-110
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology",Pathology
Journal title
Acta Neuropathologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016322
Volume
95
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
107 - 110
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6322(1998)95:1<107:ITOTPW>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
An immature teratoma arising in the pineal gland in a 27-year-old male was shown to present an isochromosome 12p as evidenced by cytogenetic and fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis. As i(12p) is charact eristic of gonadal germ cell tumors, this case indicates that similar genetic pathways may operate in gonadal and intracranial teratomas.