Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Neoplasia, Education and training, Cancer, Education, MR, CT, Oncology, Neuroradiology brain, CNS
Authors:
C. Calles Blanco1, J. A. Guzman de Villoria2; 1Madrid/ES, 2Madrid, Ma/ES
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-0937
Learning objectives
A wide variety of lesions involve the pineal region,
including neoplasic and non neoplasic processes.
Tumors of the pineal region can be classified into those arising from the pineal parenchyma,
germ cell neoplasms and lesions arising from adjacent structures.
Overall they make up less than 1% of intracranial tumors in adults,
however pineal region neoplasms account for 3-8% of intracranial neoplasms in the pediatric population.
We propose to attend these objectives:
Provide a practical differential diagnosis of lesions of the pineal region,
with examples of germ cell tumors,
neoplasms arising from the pineal parenchyma and other pineal region masses.
Discuss the imaging characteristics of pineal region lesions.
Describe the clinical features of pineal lesions.