Intrasellar cysticercosis mimicking a pituitary adenoma.
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.
Boecher-Schwarz
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Neurosurgical Department, University Mainz, Germany.
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Higer
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Perneczky
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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