aberrant formation or incomplete differentiation of the pineal gland which normally develops from a saccular outpocketing of the posterior diencephalic roof in the midline of the third ventricle; continued diverticulation and infolding result in a solid parenchymal mass of cords and clusters of pinealocytes and glial-like interstitial cells supported by a meninges-derived connective tissue that carries blood vessels and nerves to the pineal gland
abnormal pinealocyte morphology
abnormal pituitary gland development +
abnormal prostate gland development +
abnormal seminal vesicle development +
abnormal thymus development +
abnormal thyroid gland development +
absent pineal gland
enlarged pineal gland
increased pineal gland tumor incidence
Synonyms
Exact Synonyms:
abnormal conarium development
;
abnormal corpus pineale development
;
abnormal epiphysis cerebri development
;
abnormal glandula pinealis development
;
abnormal pineal body development
;
abnormal pineal development