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...

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 ...

Recurrent pineal apoplexy in a child.

Endoscopic Surgery for Hemorrhagic Pineal Cyst Following Antiplatelet Therapy: Case Report

Pineal cysts of the third ventricle presenting with acute obstructive hydrocephalus due to internal cystic hemorrhage are a rare clinical entity. The authors report a case of a 61-year-old man taking antiplatelet medication who suffered from a hemorrhagic pineal cyst and was treated with endoscopic surgery. One month prior to treatment, the patient was diagnosed with a brainstem infarction and ...

کلسیفیکاسیون فیزیولوژیک داخل جمجمه‌ای در غده پینه‌آل و شبکه کوروئید در مراجعه‌کنندگان به بخش سی‌تی اسکن بیمارستان امام رضا (ع) بیرجند در سال‌های 1376 لغایت 1385

Background and Aim: Intracranial physiologic calcification is not accompanied by any evidence of disease and has no demonstrable pathological cause. It is often due to calcium deposition in the blood vessels of different structures of the brain. Computed tomography (CT) is the most sensitive means of detection of for this calcification. The aim of this study was the assessment of the intracrani...