Quik Case 4

Pineal Lesions:

1-It could arises from pineal parenchyma; germ cell tumor or from surrounding structures.

2-Pineal lesions:
-Pineocytoma
-Pineoblastoma (enfant age).
Both lesions explode calcification outward.

3-Germ cell tumor:
-Germinoma (young adult, engulf calcification and may cause drop metastases).
-Teratoma (contains fat).

4-Surrounding structures:
-Tectal plate glioma.
-Meningioma.