An unusual cause of a sellar mass.
A 57-year-old man presented with features suggestive of a non-functioning pituitary tumour. He underwent trans-sphenoidal resection of the tumour which was found to be a chordoma and not a pituitary adenoma. This case demonstrates that a chordoma may directly involve the sellar region and mimic a pituitary adenoma. We also discuss the aetiology, areas of involvement, management and prognosis of this unusual tumour.
Department of Endocrinology and Medicine, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK. drmohdrafi@doctors.net.uk
Abdul R
AR
Mohammed
Peshraw
P
Amin
D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012658:Sella Turcica