title: Intrasellar epidermoid cyst presenting as pituitary apoplexy.
abstract: We herein present a patient with intrasellar epidermoid cyst presenting as pituitary apoplexy, who was operated upon with a trans-sphenoidal approach. The clinical presentation, radiological and histological differential diagnosis and type of surgical intervention for intrasellar epidermoid cysts are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tuna
authors.forename: Fuat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Torun
authors.forename: Ayse Nur Izol
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Torun
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erdogan
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012658:Sella Turcica; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D013346:Subarachnoid Space; D016896:Treatment Outcome