Parasellar Chondrosarcoma

Pituitary Chondrosarcoma presenting as a sellar and suprasellar mass with parasellar extension: An Unusual presentation

Chondrosarcoma is a mesenchymal tumor composed of tumor cells producing cartilage. It is more common in older age and often affects the axial skeleton. We report a rare case of chondrosarcoma mimicking a sellar and suprasellar mass with parasellar extension. A 40 yr woman presented with decreasing visual acuity and headache. Magnetic resonance (MR) image revealed a cystic sellar and suprasellar...

Pituitary and Parasellar Surgery

Sellar and parasellar abnormalities

1. Attending Physician in the Neuroradiology Department, University of São Paulo Medical School (FMRP-USP), Radiologist at Cedirp, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected]. The sellar and parasellar regions constitute an anatomically complex area comprising various important neurovascular structures within a small space. The sellar region includes the sella turcica and the pi...

Extraaxial parasellar cavernous hemangioma.

Intracranial cavernous hemangiomas (cavernomas) are uncommon vascular hamartomas that develop infrequently in an extracerebrallocation, with the middle cranial fossa being the most frequently reported site [1, 2]. Accurate presurgical diagnosis is not often achieved, and because of their location and propensity to bleed profusely during surgery, these tumors are usually impossible to resect com...

pituitary chondrosarcoma presenting as a sellar and suprasellar mass with parasellar extension: an unusual presentation

chondrosarcoma is a mesenchymal tumor composed of tumor cells producing cartilage. it is more common in older age and often affects the axial skeleton. we report a rare case of chondrosarcoma mimicking a sellar and suprasellar mass with parasellar extension. a 40 yr woman presented with decreasing visual acuity and headache. magnetic resonance (mr) image revealed a cystic sellar and suprasellar...