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ArticleRadiology case reports2022

Pineal cyst apoplexy and memory loss: a novel complication.

Areez Shafqat, Hanin Jaber AlGethami, Shameel Shafqat, Syed Shafqat Ul Islam

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Article in Radiology case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Conservative management of pediatric pineal cyst apoplexy: a case report and literature review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Areez ShafqatCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Hanin Jaber AlGethamiDivision of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, King Salman Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Shameel ShafqatMedical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Syed Shafqat Ul IslamDepartment of Radiology, King Salman Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Aga Khan University · PKAlfaisal University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An 8-year-old boy presented to our hospital complaining of a bilateral headache associated with episodes of anterograde amnesia. He had a road traffic accident 3 years ago when a computed tomography (CT) scan revealed traumatic brain injury. In addition, a small pineal cyst (PC) was noted with minor intramural calcifications. A follow-up CT a day later demonstrated increased density in the pineal gland of 60 Hounsfield Units, suggestive of apoplectic changes in the PC. However, the patient was lost to follow-up and presented with memory loss a year and a half later, upon which CT and magnetic resonance imaging revealed enlargement of the PC. PC apoplexy is a very rare occurrence usually affecting young adult women; cases in children are rarely reported. Furthermore, PC apoplexy secondary to severe craniofacial trauma manifesting as memory loss has not yet been reported in the literature to the best of our knowledge.

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Abdominal imagingAD, Alzheimer's diseaseAβ, Amyloid βCT, Computed tomographyHU, Hounsfield unitsInflammatory bowel diseaseMRI, Magnetic resonance imagingPC, Pineal cystRetroperitoneal massRetroperitoneal surgeryVaricosity

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PMID35965931
PMCPMC9363962
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