Pinealectomy
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| Specialty | endocrinology |
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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.[citation needed]
See also
- Hypophysectomy
- Thyroidectomy
- Adrenalectomy
- List of surgeries by type
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Test and procedures involving the endocrine system
- Islet cell transplantation
- see also digestive system procedures
- Hypophysectomy
- Transsphenoidal surgery
- Thyroidectomy
- Parathyroidectomy
- Tests
- Pinealectomy
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