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Pinealectomy

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

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