Intrasellar cavernous hemangioma.
We present a very rare case of an intrasellar cavernous hemangioma mimicking, clinically and neuroradiologically, the presence of a nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma. It was possible to diagnose this benign, congenital vascular malformation only through a histological examination.
D000328:Adult; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation