Suprasellar pituitary adenoma arising from the pars tuberalis: case report.
A rare case of suprasellar pituitary adenoma arising from the pars tuberalis in a 53-year-old woman is presented. The tumor was located exclusively above the diaphragma sellae, and no invasion into the sella turcica was noted.
Hamada
J
J
Department of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.
Seto
H
H
Miura
M
M
Kuratsu
J
J
Ushio
Y
Y
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology*