Orofacial dyskinesia post resection of pineal gland tumor

Management of Edentulous Orofacial Dyskinesia.

Edentulous orofacial dyskinesia is a rare condition, characterized by involuntary rhythmic movements of the mandible and presents an embarrassing situation for the patient. Edentulism has been considered as one of the proponents of these irregular movements, and rehabilitation of these patients with complete denture-fabrication using traditional technique restores the masticatory inefficiency a...

Pineal Gland Tumor but not Pinealoma: A Case Report

The pineal gland is a small pinecone-shaped and functionally endocrine structure located in the epithalamus region. Developmentally, the pineal gland is considered as a part of the epithalamus. It plays a role in the entrainment of the circadian rhythms of an organism by producing melatonin, a functionally important hormone. Lesions of the pineal region are rare compared to other parts of the b...

Studies on Tumor Metastasis Vii. Metastasis to the Pineal Gland

Reports of tumor metastasis to the pineal gland are exceptionally rare, perhaps because of little systematic post-mortem study. Primary tumors are apparently much more frequent and have been carefully studied (1). The first instance of metastasis is that reported by Forster (2) of Gottingen in 1858. The patient was a thirty-seven-year-old male with cancer of the lung (possibly esophagus) and wi...

The Pineal Gland

mied nearly in tbe center of the B brain in any mammal is a small white structure, sbaped somewhat like a pinecone, called tbe pineal body. ln man this organ is rougbly a quarter of an inch long and weighs about a tenth of a gram. The function of tbe pineal body has never been clearly understood. Now that tbe role of tbe tbymus gland in establishing tbe body’s immunological defenses bas been de...

The pineal gland.