Pinealectomy

Pinealectomy
SpecialtyEndocrinology

Pinealectomy is a surgical procedure in which the pineal gland is removed.[1] It is performed only in rare cases, where a pineocytoma or a pineal gland cyst has become life-threatening.

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References

  1. ^ Arendt, Josephine (1995). Melatonin and the mammalian pineal gland (1. ed.). London Weinheim: Chapman & Hall. p. 204. ISBN 0412536005.


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