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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]

MRI

MRI demonstrates a soft tissue mass, typically ovoid or lobulated in contour, engulfing the calcified pineal gland with the following signal characteristics 12:

T1: isointense or slightly hyperintense to adjacent brain T2 isointense or slightly hyperintense to adjacent brain may have areas of cyst formation may have areas of haemorrhage (low signal) have a predilection to invade adjacent brain (oedema) central calcification appears low signal (engulfed pineal gland) T1 C+ (Gd): vivid and

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