ICD-11 classes
X Extension Codes
Histopathology
Histopathology by behaviour
Malignant tumours
Miscellaneous tumours, malignant
XH1ZH1 Pineoblastoma
ICD-11 XH1ZH1 Pineoblastoma
Pineoblastomas are a rare, malignant type of supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumour, found mainly in children (less than 10% of cases are reported in adults), located in the pineal region of the brain but that can metastasize along the neuroaxis. As they are the most aggressive of the pineal parenchymal tumours, they are usually associated with a poor prognosis.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: