Sellar and parasellar lesions

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Sellar and parasellar lesions. Optic nerve glioma, Hypothalamic glioma, Germ cell tumours. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Malignant tumours

  • Optic nerve glioma
  • Hypothalamic glioma
  • Germ cell tumours
  • Primitive neuro-endocrine tumours (PNET)
  • Ependymoblastomas

Benign tumours

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Metastases

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Granulomatous lesions

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Infections

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Vascular causes

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Other causes

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References

  1. Kaltsas GA, Evanson J, Chrisoulidou A, Grossman AB. The diagnosis and management of parasellar tumours of the pituitary. Endocr Relat Cancer 2008; 15:885-903.
  2. Serhal D, Weil RJ, Hamrahian AH. Evaluation and management of pituitary incidentalomas. Cleve Clin J Med 2008; 75:793-801.
  3. Pollock J. Neurological aspects of sellar and parasellar tumours. ACNR 2010; 9:22-27.
  4. Altay T, Krisht KM, Couldwell WT. Sellar and parasellar metastatic tumours. Int J Surg Oncol 2012; 2012:647256.

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