Thoe Jessica, Ducis Katrina, Eldomery Mohammad K, Marshall Mark, Ferguson Michael, Vortmeyer Alexander O, Raskin Jeffrey S, Coven Scott L
Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Riley Hospital for Children, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Riley Hospital for Children, Department of Neurological Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
J Clin Neurosci. 2020 Oct;80:207-214. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.07.044. Epub 2020 Aug 27.
Neonatal germ cell tumors are rare and comprise both benign and malignant neoplasms. Teratoma with nephroblastoma is a malignant subset defined pathologically by the presence of nephroblastoma and teratoma elements. Although teratoma with nephroblastoma is most often found in the kidney, 24 of 59 reported cases are associated with extrarenal locations, such as the mediastinum or retroperitoneum. To our knowledge, this is the first patient in the literature with intracranial/pineal teratoma with nephroblastoma, which was managed with staged transcranial approaches resulting in gross total resection and no adjuvant therapy (surveillance observation imaging). We further augmented the patient's management by comprehensive genomic profiling of the tumor to better understand the molecular biology and explore options for targeted therapy.