title: Pituitary Colloid Cyst.
abstract: Colloid cysts appear most commonly in the third ventricle, their occurrence in the sellar region is uncommon. The authors report a female patient with a pituitary colloid cyst. She was diagnosed incidentally with a sellar lesion by a routine paranasal computed tomography examination performed for planning of a dental implant surgery. Radiologic examinations revealed a pituitary lesion that was removed by transnasal transsphenoidal route. Her pathologic examination revealed that the lesion was a colloid cyst. Although rare, colloid cysts should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pituitary lesions.
authors: *Department of Neurosurgery †Department of Pathology, Acibadem University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Guduk
authors: Halil Ibrahim
authors: HI
authors: Sun
authors: Murat Aydin
authors: MA
authors: Sav
authors: Zafer
authors: Z
authors: Berkman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056364:Colloid Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed