title: CT in the diagnosis of sellar and parasellar lesions.
abstract: The Authors review their recent experience in investigating 185 cases of sellar and parasellar lesions, using as preliminary procedure stratigraphy and CT; further examinations were performed only in cases with unclear diagnosis. Their data confirm the reliability of this non-invasive protocol that allowed the detection of pathological changes in nearly 95% of cases and was able to define with certainty the nature of the lesions in over 72% of cases. However, other investigations were performed in 116 cases (63%): in 57 (31%) for diagnostic purpose, in 59 (32%) as complementary pre-operative studies.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012658:Sella Turcica; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed