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Pineal gland cyst

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Despite the pineal gland being in the center of the brain, due to recent advancements in endoscopic medicine, endoscopic brain surgery to drain and/or remove the cyst can be done with the patient spending 5-10 nights in the hospital, and being fully recovered in weeks, rather than a year, as is the
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states that pineal cysts larger than 5.0 mm are "rare findings" and are possibly symptomatic. If narrowing of the cerebral aqueduct occurs, many neurological symptoms may exist, including headaches, vertigo, nausea, muscle
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Gore, Pankaj A.; Gonzalez, L. Fernando; Rekate, Harold L.; Nakaji, Peter (2008). "Endoscopic supracerebellar infratentorial approach for pineal cyst resection: technical case report".
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Mena, Hernando; Armonda, Rocco A.; Ribas, Jorge L.; Ondra, Steven L.; Rushing, Elisabeth J. (1997). "Nonneoplastic pineal cysts: A clinicopathologic study of twenty-one cases".
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Na, Joo-Young; Lee, Kyung-Hwa; Kim, Hyung-Seok; Park, Jong-Tae (2014). "An Autopsy Case of Sudden Unexpected Death Due to a Glial Cyst of the Pineal Gland".
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Rhomberg, Thomas; Schroeder, Henry H.W.S (2024). "Microsurgical Resection of a Pineal Cyst via a Paramedian Supracerebellar Infratentorial Approach".
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Ayhan, Selim; Bal, Ercan; Palaoglu, Selcuk; Cila, Aysenur (2011). "Pineal cyst apoplexy: report of an unusual case managed conservatively".
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Pu, Y.; Mahankali, S.; Hou, J.; Li, J.; Lancaster, J.L.; Gao, J.-H.; Appelbaum, D.E.; Fox, P.T. (2007).
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Richardson, JK; Hirsch, CS (1986). "Sudden, unexpected death due to "pineal apoplexy"".
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in the brain. Historically, these fluid-filled bodies appeared on
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The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
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The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
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Calcified cyst of pineal gland in CT. Sagittal MPR.
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cyst
pineal gland
endocrine gland
magnetic resonance imaging
National Organization for Rare Disorders
fasciculations
ataxia
MRI axial in false color
Another case: sagittal


"High Prevalence of Pineal Cysts in Healthy Adults Demonstrated by High-Resolution, Noncontrast Brain MR Imaging"
doi
10.3174/ajnr.A0656
PMC
8134222
PMID
17885233
"Fully Endoscopic Resection of Pineal Region Tumors"
doi
10.1055/s-0033-1338165
PMC
3712663
PMID
24436899
National Organization for Rare Disorders
doi
10.1097/PAF.0000000000000107
PMID

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