caa a22 4500 47710665X CHVBK 20180405111555.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01411472 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01411472 Cavernous haemangioma of the pineal region [Elektronische Daten] [D. Lombardi, B. Scheithauer, R. Villani, M. Giovanelli, N. de Tribolet] Summary: Cavernous haemangiomas rarely occur in the pineal region, only eight histologically verified cases have been reported to date. Clincally and radiographically, they are often confused with other tumours of the pineal region, particularly germ cell tumours. When radiotherapy is performed without the benefit of biopsy, cavernous haemangiomas as well as other radioresistant neoplasms may be unnecessarily treated. We report two surgically treated cases of cavernous haemangioma of the pineal region, and comment upon one treated by shunt placement alone. Two cases were associated with an adjacent venous malformation. In all instances, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) permitted a correct pre-operative diagnosis. We conclude that surgical exploration and total resection is the treatment of choice when the diagnosis of cavernous haemangioma is suspected on the basis of neuro-imaging. A conservative attitude is justifiable in the case of elderly patients with a higher surgical risk. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Cavernous angioma nationallicence pineal region nationallicence Lombardi D. Department of Neurosurgery, I.R.C.C.S., S. Raffaele, University of Milano, Milano, Italy aut Scheithauer B. Department of Surgical Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA aut Villani R. Department of Neurosurgery, I.R.C.C.S., S. Raffaele, University of Milano, Milano, Italy aut Giovanelli M. Department of Neurosurgery, I.R.C.C.S., S. Raffaele, University of Milano, Milano, Italy aut de Tribolet N. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland aut Acta Neurochirurgica Springer-Verlag 138/6(1996-06-01), 678-683 0001-6268 138:6<678 1996 138 701 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01411472 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01411472 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lombardi D. Department of Neurosurgery, I.R.C.C.S., S. Raffaele, University of Milano, Milano, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Scheithauer B. Department of Surgical Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Villani R. Department of Neurosurgery, I.R.C.C.S., S. Raffaele, University of Milano, Milano, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Giovanelli M. Department of Neurosurgery, I.R.C.C.S., S. Raffaele, University of Milano, Milano, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Tribolet N. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Neurochirurgica Springer-Verlag 138/6(1996-06-01), 678-683 0001-6268 138:6<678 1996 138 701 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer