Nerve sheath tumors of the sellar region.
Nerve sheath tumors, including schwannomas and neurofibromas, rarely affect the sellar region. The authors report two such cases that were mistaken for pituitary adenomas on the basis of clinical and imaging features.
Bhagat
Sumedha
S
Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, South Glasgow University Hospitals, NHS Trust, Scotland. sumedha1@btinternet.com
Smith
Colin
C
Teasdale
Graham M
GM
McFadzean
Robert M
RM
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D013507:Endocrine Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012658:Sella Turcica; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed