Lum G B, Williams J P, Machen B C, Akkaraju V
J Comput Tomogr. 1987 Jul;11(3):228-35. doi: 10.1016/0149-936x(87)90087-7.
In the course of examining 1,000 patients with various neurological complaints, 17 were found to have abnormalities in the region of the pineal gland. Fourteen had no hydrocephalus or symptoms referable to the region of the midbrain but a well-defined region of the high signal on T2 weighted images was demonstrated on magnetic resonance imaging. The other three patients proved to have pineal tumors. All patients had computed tomography examinations prior to magnetic resonance imaging. We believe that the pineal lesion in the 14 asymptomatic patients is a benign cyst not previously reported prior to the advent of magnetic resonance imaging. These benign lesions should be kept in mind in evaluating masses of the pineal region.
在对1000例有各种神经症状的患者进行检查的过程中，发现17例患者松果体区域存在异常。其中14例没有脑积水或中脑区域相关症状，但在磁共振成像上显示出T2加权图像上有明确的高信号区域。另外3例患者被证实患有松果体肿瘤。所有患者在进行磁共振成像之前都做了计算机断层扫描检查。我们认为，这14例无症状患者的松果体病变是一种良性囊肿，在磁共振成像出现之前未曾有过报道。在评估松果体区域肿块时应考虑到这些良性病变。
