title: Sphenoid and sellar tumors.
abstract: The management of tumors of the sphenoid sinus and sellar-parasellar region has experienced dramatic conceptual and technical advances over the past two decades. Malignant lesions and benign invasive lesions, once carrying a dismal outlook and deemed inoperable, are now being adequately circumscribed and resected with good results. The formation of skull base teams throughout the world and the widespread concept of a multidisciplinary approach to skull base tumors has led to advancements in the treatment of sphenoid and sellar-parasellar tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento 95817, USA.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Isaacs
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Donald
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*