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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Non-neoplastic: | |||
* Cysts | |||
Tumours:<ref name=pmid20971711>{{cite journal |author=Gaillard F, Jones J |title=Masses of the pineal region: clinical presentation and radiographic features |journal=Postgrad Med J |volume=86 |issue=1020 |pages=597–607 |year=2010 |month=October |pmid=20971711 |doi=10.1136/pgmj.2009.087460 |url=}}</ref> | Tumours:<ref name=pmid20971711>{{cite journal |author=Gaillard F, Jones J |title=Masses of the pineal region: clinical presentation and radiographic features |journal=Postgrad Med J |volume=86 |issue=1020 |pages=597–607 |year=2010 |month=October |pmid=20971711 |doi=10.1136/pgmj.2009.087460 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Primary pineal tumours ~15% of (pineal) tumours - benign to malignant:<ref name=pmid21057132>{{cite journal |author=Smith AB, Rushing EJ, Smirniotopoulos JG |title=From the archives of the AFIP: lesions of the pineal region: radiologic-pathologic correlation |journal=Radiographics |volume=30 |issue=7 |pages=2001–20 |year=2010 |month=November |pmid=21057132 |doi=10.1148/rg.307105131 |url=}}</ref> | *Primary pineal tumours ~15% of (pineal) tumours - benign to malignant:<ref name=pmid21057132>{{cite journal |author=Smith AB, Rushing EJ, Smirniotopoulos JG |title=From the archives of the AFIP: lesions of the pineal region: radiologic-pathologic correlation |journal=Radiographics |volume=30 |issue=7 |pages=2001–20 |year=2010 |month=November |pmid=21057132 |doi=10.1148/rg.307105131 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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**[[Lipoma]]s. | **[[Lipoma]]s. | ||
**[[Meningioma]]s. | **[[Meningioma]]s. | ||
===Pineal gland cyst=== | |||
*Quite common. <ref name=pmid17885233> {{Cite journal | last1 = Pu | first1 = Y. | last2 = Mahankali | first2 = S. | last3 = Hou | first3 = J. | last4 = Li | first4 = J. | last5 = Lancaster | first5 = JL. | last6 = Gao | first6 = JH. | last7 = Appelbaum | first7 = DE. | last8 = Fox | first8 = PT. | title = High prevalence of pineal cysts in healthy adults demonstrated by high-resolution, noncontrast brain MR imaging. | journal = AJNR Am J Neuroradiol | volume = 28 | issue = 9 | pages = 1706-9 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = 10.3174/ajnr.A0656 | PMID = 17885233 }}</ref> | |||
*large cysts can cause CSF obstruction. <ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mena | first1 = H. | last2 = Armonda | first2 = RA. | last3 = Ribas | first3 = JL. | last4 = Ondra | first4 = SL. | last5 = Rushing | first5 = EJ. | title = Nonneoplastic pineal cysts: a clinicopathologic study of twenty-one cases. | journal = Ann Diagn Pathol | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | pages = 11-8 | month = Oct | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9869821 }}</ref> | |||
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File:Pinealiszyste.jpg | Pineal gland cyst found at autopsy. (WC/Marvin101) | |||
File:Pineal_gland_cyst_low_mag_HE.jpg | Pineal gland cyst. HE, low mag. (WC/jensflorian) | |||
File:Pineal_gland_cyst_highmagnification_HE.jpg | Pineal gland cyst. HE, higher mag. (WC/jensflorian) | |||
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==Primary pineal tumours== | ==Primary pineal tumours== | ||