title: [Nonpituitary tumors of the sellar region].
abstract: The pituitary gland, sella turcica and the parasellar region can be involved by a wide variety of lesions, including benign and malignant neoplasms as well as a wide variety of non neoplastic tumor-like lesions. Clinical and radiological aspects could help in the differential diagnosis of these lesions. Nevertheless, in many cases only the histopathological analysis could establish the definitive diagnosis. In this paper, we review the nonpituitary tumors of the sellar region emphasizing the associated hormonal disturbances.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Endocrinologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Faculdade de Medicina, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS. maurocze@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Mauro A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Czepielewski
authors.forename: Guilherme A F S
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rollin
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casagrande
authors.forename: Marcelo Paglioli
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Nelson P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012658:Sella Turcica; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed