title: Pineal cyst: a review of clinical and radiological features.
abstract: Pineal cysts (PCs) are benign and often asymptomatic lesions of the pineal region that are typically small and do not change in size over time. PCs appear as small, well circumscribed, unilocular masses that either reside within or completely replace the pineal gland. This article reviews and discusses the characteristic features of PCs-clinical, histological, and identifiable by various imaging modalities-which assist clinicians in narrowing the differential diagnosis for pineal lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Gonda 3357, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1761, USA.
authors.forename: Winward
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Choy
authors.forename: Won
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spasic
authors.forename: Brittany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Voth
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yew
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019261:Epithalamus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography