[Pineal cyst in MRI: clinical symptoms and analysis]

Application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in radiology allows to estimate and analyse pineal gland and pineal region pathology more precisely. We report 47 MRI brain studies of patients in whom pineal cyst was recognized as the only pathologic finding. MRI of the brain was performed because of clinical symptoms as headaches (32%), vertigo (26%) and altered behaviour (13%). Because of the common occurrence of pineal cyst in MRI brain imaging it seems to be important to decide whether these patients need neurosurgical intervention, especially if together with morphologic abnormality definite clinical symptoms exist.