Incidental pineal cysts: is surveillance necessary?

Highlights 1. We identified 281/42,099 patients with incidental pineal cysts (prevalence =0.667%). 2. No patients developed complications or symptoms attributable to pineal cyst. 3. Only 11/281 patients had pineal cysts which changed in size at surveillance MRI scan. 4. Incidental pineal cyst size d...

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Published in:World neurosurgery 2016-06, Vol.90, p.96-102
Main Authors: Nevins, Edward John, Das, Kumar, Bhojak, Maneesh, Pinto, Rohan Sebastian, Hoque, Mohammed, Jenkinson, Michael David, Chavredakis, Emmanuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Asymptomtic
Central Nervous System Cysts - diagnostic imaging
Central Nervous System Cysts - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Progression
Epidemiology
Female
Follow-Up
Humans
Incidental
Incidental Findings
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - utilization
Male
Middle Aged
Neurosurgery
Pineal cyst
Pinealoma - diagnostic imaging
Pinealoma - epidemiology
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sentinel Surveillance
Sex Distribution
Surveillance
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights 1. We identified 281/42,099 patients with incidental pineal cysts (prevalence =0.667%). 2. No patients developed complications or symptoms attributable to pineal cyst. 3. Only 11/281 patients had pineal cysts which changed in size at surveillance MRI scan. 4. Incidental pineal cyst size did not correlate with age of diagnosis.
ISSN:1878-8750
1878-8769
DOI:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.02.092