ReviewPractical neurology2021
Management of pineal and colloid cysts.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Histopathology and Molecular Pathology of Pineal Region Tumors.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2026Review
- Surgery for pineal cysts with symptoms in the absence of hydrocephalus: a prospective cohort study.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- A Colloid Cyst Masquerading As Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in a Young Woman: A Diagnostic Pitfall.Cureus · 2025Article
- Neuropsychiatric symptoms and clinical characteristics of survivors with colloid cysts.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2025Article
- Pineal cyst in bipolar patient with normolithiaemia and positive fibromyalgic tender points.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- International web-based survey of patients with non-hydrocephalic symptomatic pineal cysts.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Article
- SNO-EANO-EURACAN consensus on management of pineal parenchymal tumors.Neuro-oncology · 2024Review
- Paediatric pineal region cysts: enigma or impaired neurofluid system?Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2023Article
- A Rare Cause of Headache and an Unorthodox Transfer: A Case Report.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 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
- Evolution of Making Clinical Predictions in Neurosurgery.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2023Article
- Does deep cerebral venous engorgement contribute to non-hydrocephalic pineal cysts becoming symptomatic? Some missing links.Brain communications · 2023Article
- Decision-Making and Management in a Patient With Coexistent Colloid Cyst and Pituitary Macroadenoma: A Case Report.Cureus · 2022Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The widespread use of MRI has led to the increasingly frequent diagnosis of pineal and colloid cysts. While most are small and incidental, do not require long-term monitoring and will never need treatment, they are a cause of patient anxiety and clinician uncertainty regarding the optimal management-particularly for larger cysts or those with an atypical appearance. Occasionally pineal cysts, and more commonly colloid cysts, cause hydrocephalus that requires urgent neurosurgical treatment. More recently the non-hydrocephalic symptomatic pineal cyst has been described in the neurosurgical literature but there is controversy over this entity and its management. This review addresses the difficulties in managing pineal and colloid cysts and provides a pragmatic framework for the practising clinician.
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