title: Suprasellar cavernous angioma causing pituitary and hypothalamic dysfunction.
abstract: A case of suprasellar cavernous angioma causing pituitary and hypothalamic dysfunction is presented. A literature review confirms this as a most unusual location and highlights the value of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stephenson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Afshar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003399:Craniotomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010901:Pituitary Function Tests; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques