title: Primary sellar lymphoma: radiologic and pathologic findings in two patients.
abstract: We describe the clinical, MR imaging, and pathologic findings in two cases of primary sellar lymphoma in immunocompetent individuals. Both patients had hypopituitarism, and one patient had a sixth cranial nerve palsy. MR images depicted sellar and suprasellar masses in both patients, and extension into the cavernous and sphenoid sinuses was also present in one patient. The pathologic diagnosis in both cases was large B cell lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: M Beatriz S
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Edward R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Laws
authors.forename: Maurice H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lipper
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology*