title: Adenoid cystic carcinoma: an unusual sellar mass.
abstract: Adenoid cystic carcinoma represents approximately 20% of tumours of the minor salivary glands. It can originate in the sphenoidal sinus and invade the sella turcica. The authors describe a patient in whom a tumour of this type was shown by computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alta.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dickhoff
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: MacRae
authors.forename: W N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology