Abstract
A case of successful combination chemotherapy using Cisplatin, vinblastine, and bleomycin (PVB) therapy with small-dose irradiation (25 Gy) to treat a pineoblastoma that metastasized into the lumbar region through the cerebrospinal fluid is presented. Pain in the lower extremities and urinary incontinence with paraplegia improved during irradiation of the spinal cord after two courses of PVB therapy administered during a period of 6 weeks. The patient is presently attending school normally and has a score of 100% on the Karnofsky performance scale 4 years after therapy. These results suggest that combination chemotherapy with small-dose back-up radiotherapy may be one of the treatments of choice for recurrent or disseminated pineoblastoma.
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