title: Sellar cysticercosis and septum pellucidum cyst: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Sellar cysticercosis is a rare form of neurocysticercosis. A septum pellucidum cysts is a rare, often asymptomatic cystic structure between the lateral ventricles. We report here a male patient with sellar cysticercosis and septum pellucidum cysts who was successfully treated by neuroendoscopic resection. The patient was a 28-year-old male who presented with intermittent headaches for 5 years. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed a well-circumscribed 13 mm cystic space-occupying lesion in the sellar region and the cavum septum pellucidum. The cyst in the saddle area was completely resected via endoscopic endonasal-transsphenoidal approach. Postoperative histological examination verified cysticerci in the cyst wall. To our knowledge, this is the first case of sellar cysticercosis and a septum pellucidum cyst successfully treated through neuroendoscopic resection.
authors: Xiejun
authors: X
authors: Zhang
authors: Guodong
authors: G
authors: Huang
authors: Tao
authors: T
authors: Ji
authors: Wenlan
authors: W
authors: Liu
authors: Yongzhong
authors: Y
authors: Gao
authors: Weiping
authors: W
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000469:parasitology*; D012688:Septum Pellucidum / Q000469:parasitology*