title: Parasellar metastases: four autopsied cases.
abstract: Four patients with histologically confirmed parasellar metastases are reported. The main symptoms and signs were persistent right facial pain followed by diplopia (patient 1), headache and minimal right abducens palsy (patient 2), acute, total left ophthalmoplegia (patient 3), and acute, total bilateral ophthalmoplegia (patient 4). Positive radiologic evidence was present only in patient 1: there was bony erosion of the petrous apex and computed tomography scan showed an enhanced parasellar mass. This patient underwent partial surgical removal of the tumor. Patient 3 was treated with irradiation. All patients died within 14 weeks of the onset of the initial symptoms and all were autopsied. Their primary lesions were hepatoma, stomach cancer, lung cancer, and mesenteric liposarcoma.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bitoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohtsuki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Obashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012658:Sella Turcica; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*