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Shunt metastases of pineal tumors presenting as a pelvic mass |
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| Authors: | Beverly P. Wood J. O. Haller W. E. Berdon S. R. Lin |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA;(2) Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, New York, New York, USA;(3) Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Babies Hospital, New York, New York, USA;(4) Pediatric Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 648, 14642 Rochester, NY, USA |
| Abstract: | Three children with pineal area tumors and ventriculoperitoneal shunts developed pelvic masses. In two, the solid masses reflected tumor cells seeded to the Pouch of Douglas while the third developed a loculation of fluid and tumor cells at the shunt tip. |
| Keywords: | Metastatic tumor Brain tumor metastases Ventriculoperitoneal shunt metastases Pelvic mass Pineal tumor |
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