Pineal Neurosurgery

This comprehensive book focuses on neurosurgical aspects of the pineal gland. By covering virtually all aspects of the pineal gland, it fills an important gap in the neurosurgical literature. Further, it approaches this vital component of the human brain

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Pineal Neurosurgery

Samer S. Hoz  •  Ali A. Dolachee Hayder R. Salih  •  Zaid S. Aljuboori Wisam D. Selbi  •  Giath Al-Dayri Mohammed Maan Al-Salihi Editors

Pineal Neurosurgery

Editors Samer S. Hoz Neurosurgery Teaching Hospital Baghdad Iraq Hayder R. Salih Neurosurgery Teaching Hospital Baghdad Iraq Wisam D. Selbi South West Deanery Department of Neurosurgery Plymouth UK Mohammed Maan Al-Salihi Ludmillenstift Hospital Department of Neurosurgery & Spine Surgery Meppen Germany

Ali A. Dolachee University of Al-Qadisiyah College of Medicine Department of Surgery Diwaniyah Iraq Zaid S. Aljuboori University of Louisville Department of Neurological Surgery Louisville Kentucky USA Giath Al-Dayri Ludmillenstift Hospital Department of Neurosurgery & Spine Surgery Meppen Germany

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To my lovely family: Sawsan, Saad, Samher, Arwa, Farah, and Ward Samer S. Hoz To my lovely family which support me in this long way, neurosurgery Ali A. Dolachee My dad Salih, my mom Suaad, my love Rosa, and my angel Ghazal Hayder R. Salih To my family who always supported me and helped me to be the man I am Zaid S. Aljuboori I dedicate my work to my family and mentors for their help, support, and encouragement Wisam D. Selbi To Dr. Nuri Bahjet. A true human being Giath Al-Dayri To Mariam, the girl who believed in me since the very first sight Mohammed Maan Al-Salihi

Foreword 1

Given the rarity of lesions encompassing the pineal region and of real pineal gland tumors, which are seldom encountered in daily neurosurgical practice