1. Pineal cyst: normal or pathological?
- Author
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D. Balériaux, Jacqueline Flament-Durand, Jafar Golzarian, W. O. Bank, and Celso Matos
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Neurology ,Adolescent ,Pineal Gland ,Pineal gland ,Pineal Cyst ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Cyst ,Pathological ,Neuroradiology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Brain Neoplasms ,Cysts ,business.industry ,Infant ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,Neurosurgery ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Pinealoma - Abstract
Review of 500 consecutive MRI studies was undertaken to assess the frequency and the appearances of cystic pineal glands. Cysts were encountered in 2.4% of cases. Follow-up examination demonstrated no change in these cysts and they were considered to be a normal variant. Size, MRI appearances and signs associated with this condition are reported in order to establish criteria of normality.
- Published
- 1993