Benign pineal tumor after surgical resection generally does not affect the patient’s life expectancy, and can survive for a long time.
Benign pineal tumor is a kind of benign tumor, after timely detection can be surgically removed, and surgical resection can be complete removal, pathological testing confirmed as benign pineal tumor, and will not affect the patient’s life expectancy, to achieve clinical cure can be long-term survival.
Clinically, benign pineal tumors do not affect life expectancy. However, it is worth noting that 75% to 80% of pineal tumors are malignant, including germ cell carcinoma, adult pinealocytoma and some gliomas, while the rest are benign tumors, such as pinealocytoma, teratoma, dermoid cysts and so on. Early detection and timely surgical treatment are needed.
For benign pineal tumors, patients are advised to consult the neurosurgery department of regular hospitals without much worry.