Preissig S H, Smith M T, Huntington H W
Cancer. 1979 Jul;44(1):281-4. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197907)44:1<281::aid-cncr2820440148>3.0.co;2-b.
Pineal teratomas are relatively uncommon intracranial neoplasms. A rhabdomyosarcoma developed in a pineal teratoma in a 14-year-old boy and was rapidly fatal despite radiation therapy. This is the second reported case of a pineal teratoma giving rise to a rhabdomyosarcoma.