Management of pineal and colloid cysts

Jenkinson, Michael D ORCID: 0000-0003-4587-2139, Mills, Samantha, Mallucci, Conor L ORCID: 0000-0002-5509-0547 and Santarius, Thomas (2021) Management of pineal and colloid cysts. PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY, 21 (4). 292-+.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/practneurol-2020-002838

Abstract

The widespread use of MRI has led to the increasingly frequent diagnosis of pineal and colloid cysts. While most are small and incidental, do not require long-term monitoring and will never need treatment, they are a cause of patient anxiety and clinician uncertainty regarding the optimal management-particularly for larger cysts or those with an atypical appearance. Occasionally pineal cysts, and more commonly colloid cysts, cause hydrocephalus that requires urgent neurosurgical treatment. More recently the non-hydrocephalic symptomatic pineal cyst has been described in the neurosurgical literature but there is controversy over this entity and its management. This review addresses the difficulties in managing pineal and colloid cysts and provides a pragmatic framework for the practising clinician.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	CSF, clinical neurology, headache, neuroradiology, neurosurgery
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	16 Jun 2021 08:49
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 22:34
DOI:	10.1136/practneurol-2020-002838
Open Access URL:	https://pn.bmj.com/content/early/2021/05/26/practn...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3126546