A 20 month old Texas girl got a life changing surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. Giuliana Fernandez had a pineal cyst removed from her brain. She's the youngest person to ever have ...

Giuliana Fernandez, the 20-month-old Texas child who recently had a brain cyst removed at the Medical University of South Carolina, was released from the hospital today. An MRI showed Thursday night ...

Pineal cysts are usually midline, round/oval, smoothly contoured, and homogeneous. A heterogeneous appearance may reflect bleeding or calcification. Immediately after gadolinium infusion, ...

Lydia Griffin, 33, is now "virtually symptom-free" after suffering "from excruciating headaches, nausea, fatigue, and other symptoms" that began at age 6 "The change was like day and night," Griffin ...

A mother-of-three said brain surgery had transformed her life after years of agonising headaches and fatigue. Lydia Griffin, 33, from Halesworth in Suffolk, experienced symptoms from childhood, which ...

With increasing use of ever more sophisticated brain and spinal cord diagnostic technology, more children are being referred to pediatric neurosurgeons for unexpected findings on MRI. Incidental ...

The pineal gland is a small gland in the center of the brain. It secretes melatonin, which plays a role in the circadian rhythms or body clock. It may also affect bone metabolism, mental health, and ...

The concept of decalcifying the pineal gland is an alternative practice. Practitioners believe by reducing calcifications on the pineal gland, you’re less likely to have medical conditions, such as ...

A 33 year-old woman presented with complex partial seizures which often generalized. On examination, there was subtle right sided weakness. Arachnoid Cyst of the Middle Cranial Fossa: Axial CT scans.