Presentation and management of parasellar and suprasellar metastatic mass lesions JORGE

The clinical manifestations of parasellar and suprasellar lesions are so characteristic that their constellation of symptoms and signs has a localising value.' Although the great majority of mass lesions in these areas represent expanding pituitary tumours, other intracranial neoplasms and a variety of non-neoplastic conditions can also be found.2 Metastatic tumours involving the parasellar and/or suprasellar regions are relatively infrequent.35 We report our experience with such lesions accumumlated over the past four years. The anatomical and oncological aspects of these lesions have been discussed previously.6-9 The main purpose of this paper is to provide greater information about the CT findings and to emphasise the favorable effects of radiotherapy observed in our patients.