Intrasellar mucocele simulating pituitary adenoma: case report.
Mucoceles occupying the sella turcica with suprasellar extension are quite rare. A case of intrasellar mucocele is reported. The preoperative clinical and computed tomographic appearance could not be differentiated from that of pituitary adenoma.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012658:Sella Turcica