Rare sellar lesions

Andrea Glezer; Diane Belchior Paraiba; Marcello Delano Bronstein

doi:10.1016/j.ecl.2007.10.003

Rare sellar lesions

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2008 Mar;37(1):195-211, x. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2007.10.003.

Authors

Andrea Glezer¹, Diane Belchior Paraiba, Marcello Delano Bronstein

Affiliation

¹ Neuroendocrine Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Avenida 9 de Julho, 3858 CEP 01406-100 Sao Paulo - SP, Brazil.

PMID: 18226737
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2007.10.003

Abstract

Sellar masses are associated most commonly with pituitary adenomas. Many other neoplastic, inflammatory, infectious, and vascular lesions, however, may affect the sellar region and mimic pituitary tumors. These lesions must be considered in a differential diagnosis. This article describes the characteristics of rare sellar masses that provide clues to their differential diagnosis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
Brain Neoplasms / therapy
Central Nervous System Cysts / diagnosis
Central Nervous System Cysts / pathology*
Central Nervous System Cysts / therapy
Germinoma / diagnosis
Germinoma / pathology*
Germinoma / therapy
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Sarcoidosis / diagnosis
Sarcoidosis / pathology*
Sarcoidosis / therapy
Sella Turcica / pathology*
Teratoma / diagnosis
Teratoma / pathology*
Teratoma / therapy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed