title: Sellar Lesions/Pathology.
abstract: The sellar region is a tiny anatomic compartment in which many lesions and developmental diseases can be found. If pituitary adenomas represent most of the sellar mass, it is important to recognize other pathologic conditions before any surgical procedure, because the optimal treatment may differ considerably from one lesion to another. A careful clinical evaluation followed by neuroimaging studies and an endocrinologic and ophtalmologic workup will lead, in most cases, to a diagnosis with near certainty. This article provides an overview of sellar diseases with emphasis on their most useful characteristics for clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, Paris 75010, France.
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bresson
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris VII - Diderot, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, Paris 75010, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Lariboisiere Hospital, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, Paris 75010, France.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polivka
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris VII - Diderot, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, Paris 75010, France. Electronic address: sebastien.froelich@lrb.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Froelich
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Craniopharyngiomas; Meningiomas; Pituitary adenomas; Pituitary tumors; Rathke's cleft cysts; Sellar lesions