Rare sellar lesions

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2008 Mar;37(1):195-211, x. 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