Tumours of the Pineal Body

Haemangiopericytoma of the pineal body.

Magnetic resonance imaging of pineal region tumours

OBJECTIVES Pineal lesions can present as a heterogeneous collection of benign and malignant disease conditions. Pineal lesions include germ cell tumours, neoplasms arising from the pineal parenchyma, as well as other pineal region masses. METHODS A variety of cases of pineal lesions are presented. The important clinical features and typical imaging findings of each pineal lesion are described...

Pituitary, Pineal and Third Ventricle Tumours.

The pituitary gland is concerned with such diverse functions as growth, sexual activity, carbohydrate and water metabolism, physical energy and the character and distribution of hair. For its size it is a very eloquent structure and although not solely responsible for any of these activities, it has been described as the leader of the endocrine orchestra. Many of its disturbances of function ar...

Pineal Region Tumours in Pediatric Age Group

16 cases of pineal region tumours in the pediatric age group constitute the subject of this study. After thorough investigations both clinical, radiological and laboratory, they were all operated upon by a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt to divert the cerebrospinal fluid. This was followed in 15 cases by the favoured occipital transtentorial approach and in one by the supracerebellar infratentorial...

Spontaneous pineal body tumours (pinealomas) in Wistar rats; a histological and ultrastructural study.

The pathology of 5 cases of pinealomas in Wistar rats used in long-term toxicological studies is described both grossly, microscopically and ultrastructurally, together with a review of the related literature.