PINEAL APOPLEXY - AN OCCURRENCE WITH NO DIAGNOSTIC CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL FEATURES

Symptomatic pineal apoplexy unlike pituitary apoplexy is uncommon. A p atient with an apoplectic pineal cyst, identified preoperatively using MRI and confirmed histologically presented with episodic syncope, and features of raised intracranial pressure, but no localizing neuro-oph thalmological signs. This case prompted a review of the clinicopatholo gical features of pineal apoplexy. There are no diagnostic clinical fe atures and the neuropathological. associations of pineal region haemor rhage are diverse. There is no consistent clinicopathological syndrome of pineal apoplexy.