[Nonpituitary tumors of the sellar region].
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.
Czepielewski
Mauro A
MA
Serviço de Endocrinologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Faculdade de Medicina, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS. maurocze@terra.com.br
Rollin
Guilherme A F S
GA
Casagrande
Alessandra
A
Ferreira
Marcelo Paglioli
MP
Ferreira
Nelson P
NP
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012658:Sella Turcica; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed