Suprasellar and sellar paraganglioma presenting as a nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma

Nauman S Chaudhry; Faiz Ahmad; Clifford Blieden; Jacques J Morcos

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2013.02.004

Suprasellar and sellar paraganglioma presenting as a nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma

J Clin Neurosci. 2013 Nov;20(11):1615-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.02.004. Epub 2013 Jul 19.

Authors

Nauman S Chaudhry¹, Faiz Ahmad, Clifford Blieden, Jacques J Morcos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Lois Pope Life Center, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, D4-6, Miami, FL 33136, USA.

PMID: 23876285
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.02.004

Abstract

It is extremely rare for paragangliomas to be present in the brain. We present a 44-year-old man with a suprasellar-sellar paraganglioma encasing the internal carotid arteries. We review all such tumors reported in the literature and conclude that paraganglioma should be kept in the differential diagnosis of unusual suprasellar-sellar lesions.

Keywords: Diagnosis; Extra-adrenal; Paraganglioma; Sellar; Suprasellar.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenoma / diagnosis*
Adult
Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Carotid Arteries / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential*
Humans
Male
Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / diagnosis*
Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnosis*