title: Pseudotumor of the sellar and parasellar areas.
abstract: A 54-year-old woman who had symptoms of intermittent meningeal irritation and hypopituitarism was found to have a sellar mass histologically consistent with pseudotumor. The lesion appears to have originated in the sphenoid sinus and subsequently to have spread intracranially, causing bony erosion. To our knowledge, this is the first description of pseudotumor occurring as a sellar mass.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurological Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gartman
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Powers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fortune
mesh_terms: D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000601:surgery*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery*