Intrasellar cavernous hemangioma. Case report.
The authors present a rare entity, an intrasellar cavernous hemangioma that on neuroimages mimicked a nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma in a patient with a known orbital hemangioma. Such lesions can grow extraaxially within the dural sinuses, particularly the cavernous sinus, and present like tumors. A better understanding of the neuroimaging. clinical, and anatomical features of these lesions may prevent difficulties in management.
Cobbs
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Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA. cscobbs@uabmc.edu
Wilson
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology*