Table 1 Pineal lesions

Pineal parenchymal lesions

 Pineocytoma

 Pineal parenchymal tumour of intermediate differentiation

 Papillary tumour of the pineal region

 Pineoblastoma

Germ cell tumours

 Germinoma

 Teratoma

 Choriocarinoma

 Yolk sac tumour

 Embryonal carcinoma

Other lesions within or adjacent to the pineal gland

Metastasis

 Pineal cyst

 Pineal meningioma

 Pineal melanoma

 Embryonal tumours

 Primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNETs)

 Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumours (AT/RTs)

 Ependymoma

 Arachnoid cyst

 Epidermoid and dermoid cysts