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Case Reports
. 2014 Jun 19:18:168.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.18.168.1983. eCollection 2014.

Acute circulatory deficiency due to endocrinal tumoral manipulation: the pinealoblastoma

Chemchihik Heithem  1 , Ghazi Issaoui  1 , Mejdi Khadraoui  1 , Mohamed Ladib  2 , Walid Naija  1 , Rachid Said  1
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Case Reports

Acute circulatory deficiency due to endocrinal tumoral manipulation: the pinealoblastoma

Chemchihik Heithem et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

We rapport the case of a patient presenting intra-abdominal metastasis of a pinealoblastoma, via a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt, confirmed by an anatomo-pathologic exam. The patient presented an acute hydrocephalus secondary to DVP dysfunction. The surgical manipulation of this metastasis had caused an acute circulatory deficiency due to massive serotonin release. In this case we analyze pineal gland physiology and serotonin effect on different systems.

Keywords: Pinealoblastoma; VP shunt; circulatory deficiency; metastasis; serotonin.

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Melatonin synthesis at pineal gland
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Serotonin accumulation in the pinealoblastoma intra-abdominal metastasis
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