Recovered recall memory after decompression of the fornix by surgical removal of pineal tumor

Abstract

A 45-year-old woman had a 6-month history of progressive amnesia and diplopia. At age 34, a pineal germinoma was diagnosed; whole-brain radiation induced tumor regression for 10 years. The tumor had recurred and at surgery it was detached from the fornix and resected through an occipital transtentorial approach (figure 1). The fornix was decompressed and amnesia was remarkably recovered (figure 2A).