title: Intrasellar cysticercosis mimicking a pituitary adenoma.
abstract: A case of a 50-year-old female with an intrasellar and suprasellar cysticercus cyst, which was pre-operatively misinterpreted as a macroadenoma of the adenohypophysis is described. Cranial computed tomography revealed a homogeneous hyperdense intrasellar and suprasellar lesion. In T1-weighted magnetic resonance images, a spotty hyperintense tumor of the sellar region was shown.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Department, University Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Boecher-Schwarz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hey
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Higer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perneczky
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012658:Sella Turcica; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed