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Abstract
A case of primitive neuroectodermal tumour originating from pineal parenchymal cells in a 2 1/2-year-old boy is described. The tumour exhibited divergent lines of differentiation including neuroblastic and photoreceptor differentiation, thus aligning it with neuroblastomas and with retinoblastomas. The tumour recalls the function of the pineal as a photoreceptor organ at an earlier stage of its phylogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 455042 DOI: 10.1093/brain/102.2.321
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain ISSN: 0006-8950 Impact factor: 13.501