Computed tomography and angiography in the diagnosis of suprasellar mass lesions.
We studied four cases in which the differentiation between a noncalcified suprasellar aneurysm and tuberculum meningioma, and a calcified suprasellar aneurysm and craniopharyngioma, could not be established by computed tomography scan alone. Cerebral angiography clearly showed both aneurysms.
D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012658:Sella Turcica; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed