PINEAL GANGLIOGLIOMA IN A PATIENT WITH FAMILIAL BASAL GANGLIA CALCIFICATION AND ELEVATED SERUM ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN - CASE-REPORT

PINEAL GANGLIOGLIOMA WAS diagnosed in a 36-year-old man with familial basal ganglia calcification and elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein. The patient was treated surgically with a good result. Only four other cases of this tumor have been reported. His 38-year-old brother also showed basal ganglia calcification and elevated serum chorionic gonadotropin as well as alpha-fetoprotein. Familial basal ganglia calcification with elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein in a nonhepatic benign condition is rare. The pathogenesis of these conditions is discussed.