title: Transsphenoidal removal of an intra- and suprasellar epidermoid cyst.
abstract: A case with an intra- and suprasellar epidermoid cyst removed by transsphenoidal route is presented. Problems in radiological and histologic differential diagnosis and advantages of transsphenoidal approach besides indications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oge
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozgen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed