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**[[Meningioma]]s.
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===Pineal gland cyst===
==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>
*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>
*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: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_low_mag_HE.jpg | Pineal gland cyst. HE, low mag. (WC/jensflorian)
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==Primary pineal tumours==
 
Range from benign to malignant.


==Pineocytoma==
==Pineocytoma==