title: Primary intrasellar schwannoma: clinical, aetiopathological and surgical considerations.
abstract: Schwannomas originating within the sella turcica are extremely rare. We describe the clinical, radiological and intraoperative findings of a patient with an intrasellar and suprasellar schwannoma. Gross total tumour removal was performed by a trans-sphenoidal approach. Perivascular or ectopic Schwann cells, lateral nerve plexus within the cavernous sinus, as well as Schwann cells from small nerve twigs of the dura are some of the current histopathological hypotheses for the origin of these lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Germany. juergen.honegger@med.uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: Juergen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Honegger
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koerbel
authors.forename: Tsambika
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Psaras
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrick
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mueller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012658:Sella Turcica; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery