ArticleBrain communications2023
Physiological alterations of pineal recess crowding in symptomatic non-hydrocephalic pineal cysts.
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- Modifiable Physiological Factors Associated With Human Glymphatic and Interstitial Fluid Dynamics-Related Measures: A Scoping Review.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
- Surgery for pineal cysts with symptoms in the absence of hydrocephalus: a prospective cohort study.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Subtyping Early Parkinson's Disease by Mapping Cognitive Profiles to Brain Atrophy with Visual MRI Ratings.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Clinical implications of pineal cyst resection in the absence of hydrocephalus or clear neurological signs: a case series.Neurosurgical review · 2025Article
- Symptomatic Pineal Cysts Without Ventricular Enlargement: Diagnosis and Treament.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2025Review
- Comparison of surgical approaches and outcome for symptomatic pineal cysts: microscopic/endoscopic fenestration vs. stereotactic catheter implantation.Acta neurochirurgica · 2025Article
- International web-based survey of patients with non-hydrocephalic symptomatic pineal cysts.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Article
- The role of MRI biomarkers in evaluation of symptomatic pineal cysts - a retrospective analysis.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Article
- Does deep cerebral venous engorgement contribute to non-hydrocephalic pineal cysts becoming symptomatic? Some missing links.Brain communications · 2023Article
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Abstract
Pineal cysts are prevalent in the population. Due to more widespread use of magnetic resonance imaging, an increasing number of symptomatic patients with non-hydrocephalic pineal cysts are referred to neurologists and neurosurgeons. Currently, there is no generally accepted theoretical framework for linking symptoms to a pineal cyst. We have previously suggested that cyst-induced crowding of the pineal recess may affect venous runoff from the deep cerebral veins crossing the cyst. However, evidence underpinning this hypothesis is sparse. In the present study, we asked whether crowding of the pineal recess without imaging signs of hydrocephalus may be accompanied with alterations in blood flow of the internal cerebral veins, cerebrospinal fluid flow in the Sylvian aqueduct and cerebrospinal fluid-mediated tracer clearance from the brain along extravascular pathways (referred to as glymphatic function). This prospective, observational study included symptomatic individuals with non-hydrocephalic pineal cysts who underwent a standardized magnetic resonance imaging protocol (
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