Sellar and parasellar lesions
Evidence-based neurology checklist on sellar and parasellar lesions: Malignant tumours Optic nerve glioma Hypothalamic glioma Germ cell tumours Primitive neuro-endocrine tumours (PNET) Ependymoblastomas Benign tumours Metastases Granulomatous lesions Infections Vascular causes Other causes
Malignant tumours
- Optic nerve glioma
- Hypothalamic glioma
- Germ cell tumours
- Primitive neuro-endocrine tumours (PNET)
- Ependymoblastomas
Benign tumours
Metastases
Granulomatous lesions
Infections
Vascular causes
Other causes
References
- Kaltsas GA, Evanson J, Chrisoulidou A, Grossman AB. The diagnosis and management of parasellar tumours of the pituitary. Endocr Relat Cancer 2008; 15:885-903.
- Serhal D, Weil RJ, Hamrahian AH. Evaluation and management of pituitary incidentalomas. Cleve Clin J Med 2008; 75:793-801.
- Pollock J. Neurological aspects of sellar and parasellar tumours. ACNR 2010; 9:22-27.
- Altay T, Krisht KM, Couldwell WT. Sellar and parasellar metastatic tumours. Int J Surg Oncol 2012; 2012:647256.
Related checklists
- Bilateral thalamic lesions
- Cerebellopontine angle (CPA) lesions
- Enhancing leptomeningeal lesions
- Third ventricle lesions
- Dentate nucleus lesions
- Dentate nucleus calcification
- Cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum (CLOCC): causes
- Cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum (CLOCC): clinical and radiological features
- Bilateral basal ganglia lesions
- Simultaneous bilateral basal ganglia haemorrhage (SBBGH)
- Perineural cysts
- Cortical abnormalities
