[Paraganglioma of the latero-sellar area. Case report].
Paraganglioma of the sellar and latero-sellar area is extremely rare. We report a case of latero-sellar and suprasellar paraganglioma of a 58-year-old women which caused deterioration of visual acuity and left exophthalmia without endocrine dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a large tumor in the sellar and parasellar area, which extended to the left cavernous sinus and infiltrated the left orbit, the ethmoid, the sphenoidal sinus and the left pterygomaxillary fossa. Surgery by transcranial, left frontotemporal approach, enabled subtotal removal. Definitive histologic examination revealed a paraganglioma with signs of anaplasis. We report our clinical findings and present a review of literature.
Arkha
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Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital des Spécialités ONO, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc.
Boutarbouch
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M
Lamalmi
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N
Halefadl
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S
Laamarti
A
A
Derraz
S
S
Aghzadi
A
A
El Ouahabi
A
A
El Khamlichi
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A
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