title: Suprasellar masses: diagnosis and differential diagnosis.
abstract: Suprasellar masses are neoplastic, vascular, congenital, or infectious/inflammatory in origin. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the study of choice for evaluating suprasellar masses, although computed tomography (CT) may provide complementary information. Suprasellar masses present with a variety of neurologic or endocrine dysfunctions depending on their site of origin and mass effect on adjacent structures. Imaging characteristics of the most common suprasellar lesions are described with particular emphasis on MR findings.
authors.affiliation: Hahnemann University Hospital, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Hershey
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed