Table I.

Reports of patients with papillary tumor of the pineal region.

Year (Ref)	Cases (n)	Age (years)a/gender	Tumor size (mm)	Clinical symptoms	MRI features	Surgery type	Adjuvant therapy	Follow-up (months)	Recurrence/time post-surgery
2011 (12)	74	11–67 (M, 35; F, 39)	20–45	H/A, N, V memory loss	Well-circumscribed T1-hyperintensity CE	28 GTR 16 STR 30 NOS	36 RT 16 CT 20 ND, 2 Nil	0.75–218	12 months
2011 (13)	2	48/M, 36/F	21, 18	H/A, memory loss, diplopia, ataxia gait	CE	2 GTR	CT, ND	14 18	No
2011 (14)	1	15 months/M	10	Gait disturbance	Well-circumscribed	ND	CT	ND	ND
2011 (15)	1	47/F	30	Ataxia	Well-circumscribed	GTR	ND	36	ND
2011 (16)	3	30/F, 28/F, 32/M	ND	H/A, V, visual disturbances	Well-circumscribed	NOS	NOS	18	1 case/18 months
2012 (17)	1	3/F	35	H/A, N, gait instability	Inhomogeneous CE	GTR	CT	36	Yes/36 months
2012 (18)	1	22/M	ND	Diplopia	NOS	STR	ND	24	Yes/24 months
2012 (19)	2	48/M, 35/M	34	Mechanical falls, blurry vision	Well-circumscribed heterogeneously enhanced cystic	ND	ND	ND	ND
2012 (15)	1	47/M	30	Ataxia	Well-circumscribed	NOS	CT	48	Yes/36 months
2012 (20)	1	23/M	ND	H/A, left facial numbness	T1-hyperintensity	ND	CT	25	No
2012 (21)	1	32/M	10	H/A, visual disturbances	CE		ND	ND	ND
2013 (17)	1	31/M	10	H/A, confusion	3 masses with edema	ND	ND	84	Yes/12 months
2014 (22)	2	37/M, 45/F	49, 22	H/A, hypoacusis tinnitus, visual loss, imbalance urinary incontinence, ataxia	CE	2 NOS	CT, ND	108, 17	No
2014 (11)	1	23/F	ND	ND	ND	GTR	ND	9	Yes/3 months
2015 (23)	1	17/M	ND	H/A	T1-hyperintensity	NOS	ND	6	No

^aAge provided in years, unless otherwise stated. Ref, reference list number; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; CE, contrast enhancement; CT, chemotherapy; F, female; M, male; GTR, gross total resection; H/A, headache; N, nausea; V, vomiting; ND, no details; NOS, surgery but details not otherwise specified; STR, subtotal resection.