title: [Diagnostic imaging in the evaluation of non-neoplastic space occupying pathology in the sellar and suprasellar region].
abstract: Before the introduction of computed imaging techniques like CT scan and MR, the differential diagnosis of lesions affecting the sellar and suprasellar regions was very difficult, more often impossible. These techniques contributed to ameliorate the typing of pathological tissues. Non neoplastic pathological findings of this region are very different and they can variate between phlogistic processes, vascular lesions, hamartomatous formations or congenital malformations. In this work we describe the characteristic changes of morphology and radiologic aspect in the diagnostic study of this region, using CT scan and MR imaging.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di I Clinica Medica, Unità TC-RM, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Gualdi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trasimeni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Biasi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iannilli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Polettini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Volpe
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Pirolli
mesh_terms: D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: La diagnostica per immagini nella valutazione della patologia non neoplastica occupante spazio in corrispondenza della regione sellare e soprasellare.