Pineal apoplexy.

Pineal apoplexy.

A case of haematoma in the pineal region is reported in a patient whose initial symptom was subarachnoid haemorrhage. The encapsulated haematoma and surrounding blood clots were removed surgically. Haemorrhage into a pineal cyst may have been the cause of this particular intracranial mass.

Recurrent pineal apoplexy in a child.

Atypical Presentation of an Apoplexy in a Pineal Cyst

Pineal cysts are often found incidentally on cranial magnetic resonance (MR) examination. The majority are asymptomatic, but neurological symptoms can occur in large cysts (>5 mm), [1,2] and after intra-cystic haemorrhage (so-called pineal apoplexy) which has only been described a few times in the literature, almost always presenting with severe headache [2]. Here we describe a pineal apoplexy ...

Pineal apoplexy: imaging diagnosis and follow-up of three new cases.

phenomenon, being found on up to 40% of autopsy cases1. However, symptomatology as a result of these cysts is considerably rare. Mukherjee, Banerji and Sharma identified 74 cases in the literature1. Symptomatic pineal cysts present as one of three syndromes identified by Wisoff and Epstein2: (1) paroxysmal headache with gaze paresis, (2) chronic headache, gaze paresis, papilledema and hydroceph...

Apoplexy