ArticleWorld journal of radiology2018
Evaluation of pineal cysts with magnetic resonance imaging.
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- Surgical treatment of symptomatic pineal cysts without hydrocephalus-meta-analysis of the published literature.Acta neurochirurgica · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review of pineal cysts surgery in pediatric patients.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020Pooled it
- Neurosurgical management of pineal lesions: Insights from a single-center study of 27 cases.BioMedicine · 2026Article
- Pineal Cysts: Clinical Insights and Management Strategies.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2026Review
- Symptomatic Pineal Cysts Without Ventricular Enlargement: Diagnosis and Treament.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2025Review
- Magnetic resonance imaging does not distinguish Kallmann syndrome from normosmic isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.Endocrine connections · 2025Article
- The role of MRI biomarkers in evaluation of symptomatic pineal cysts - a retrospective analysis.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Article
- Pineal cysts in children: a paediatric series treated over the last twenty years in Lyon.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2023Article
- Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in adults: a review of imaging spectrum, clinical significance, and management.The British journal of radiology · 2023Review
- Incidental pineal gland cyst in girls with early onset of puberty.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Neuroimaging of paediatric pineal, sellar and suprasellar tumours: a guide to differential diagnosis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2022Review
- Surgical strategy for symptomatic pineal cyst: is endoscopit third ventriculostomy necessary in addition to cyst fenestration?Nagoya journal of medical science · 2021Article
- Management of pineal and colloid cysts.Practical neurology · 2021Review
- Pineal Gland Tumors: A Review.Cancers · 2021Review
- A Probabilistic Atlas of the Pineal Gland in the Standard Space.Frontiers in neuroinformatics · 2021Article
- Prevalence, Severity, and Clinical Management of Brain Incidental Findings in Healthy Young Adults: MRi-Share Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Brain Magnetic Resonance Findings in 117 Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder under 5 Years Old.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Pineal Cyst Apoplexy: A Rare Complication of Common Entity.Brain tumor research and treatment · 2020Article
- The microsurgical management of benign pineal cysts: Helsinki experience in 60 cases.Surgical neurology international · 2019Article
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Abstract
aimTo evaluate radiological imaging findings of patients who had been found to have pineal cyst (PC) in brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
methodsA total of 9546 patients who had brain MRI examination in March 2010-January 2018 period were studied. Fifty-six patients (44 female and 12 male) found to have PC were evaluated. Eighteen of the patients had had follow-up examinations of 2-94 mo (mean 30.50 ± 28.83). PC dimensions and volume, radiological imaging features (signal intensities, contours, internal septation-loculation and contrast-enhancement features) and natural history in cases who had been followed-up were evaluated by two radiologists.
resultsOf 9546 patients, 5555 were female (58.2%) and 3991 male (41.8%). Age range was 1-99 (mean 43.18 ± 20.94). PC frequency was calculated to be 0.58%. Forty-four of the 56 patients (78.57%) with PC were female and 12 male (21.43%), and their age range was 5-61 (mean 31.26 ± 12.73). Thirty-five of the PCs were typical (62.50%) and 21 (37.50%) were atypical. No significant difference was found between initial and final imaging sizes of PCs which were monitored by follow-up examinations (
conclusionPCs are cysts which do not show clear size and natural changes and are more frequently observed in females and in adult ages. Most of them are isointense with cerebrospinal fluid on T1 and T2A weighted images, hyperintense compared to cerebrospinal fluid on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery; sequence and smoothly contoured. Their typical forms have peripheral rim and multilocular ones may have septal contrast-enhancement.
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