BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Pituicytoma, SCO, and GCT are poorly understood entities with confusing nomenclature and undetermined imaging characteristics. Our purpose was to confirm published cases of pituicytoma, SCO, and GCT with the newest 2007 World Health Organization criteria and elucidate imaging findings that distinguish these tumors from common entities such as pituitary adenoma. MATERIAL...

SUMMARY A 71 - year old woman with symptomatic Rathke's Cleft cyst is reported. She had Visual disturbance, diabetes insipidus and hypopituitarism. Imaging study with computed tomography revealed the presence of suprasellar mass. After the transsphenoidal surgery and treatment with DDA VP, her symptoms showed an improvement.

.. Objectives: To obtain and compare the exact visual status before and after excision of sella supra sellar tumors using the computerized perimetry as a standard measuring tools and then compare with the international studies. Background: Sella suprasellar tumors are though not so common but affect visual acuity of patients and their quality of life drops. These tumors include pituitary adenom...

OBJECT The extended transsphenoidal approach is a less invasive method for removing purely suprasellar lesions compared with traditional transcranial approaches. Most advocates have used a sublabial incision and a microscope and have reported a significant risk of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage. The authors report on a series of purely endoscopic endonasal surgeries for resection of suprasel...