Atlas of sellar and parasellar lesions: clinical, radiologic, and pathologic correlations

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Anatomy of the Sellar and Parasellar Region....Pages 3-9
Imaging of the Sellar Region....Pages 11-21
Pituitary Physiology and Endocrinology....Pages 23-31
Pathology and Molecular Biology of the Pituitary Region....Pages 33-37
The Direct Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach to the Pituitary Gland....Pages 39-56
Transcranial and Skull Base Surgical Approaches to the Sellar and Parasellar Region....Pages 57-68
Radiosurgery of the Sellar and Parasellar Region....Pages 69-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
The Normal Pituitary Gland....Pages 91-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Pituitary Hyperplasia....Pages 101-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas....Pages 109-119
Prolactinomas....Pages 121-127
Somatotroph (GH) Adenomas....Pages 129-141
Corticotroph (ACTH) Adenomas....Pages 143-153
Silent Corticotroph (ACTH) Adenomas....Pages 155-159
Thyrotroph (TSH) Adenomas....Pages 161-165
Gonadotroph Adenomas....Pages 167-170
Pituitary Apoplexy....Pages 171-178
Atypical Pituitary Adenomas....Pages 179-185
Pituitary Carcinoma....Pages 187-190
Ectopic Pituitary Adenomas....Pages 191-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Craniopharyngiomas....Pages 197-210
Rathke Cleft Cysts....Pages 211-225
Xanthogranuloma of the Sellar Region....Pages 227-230
Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granuloma....Pages 231-235
Sellar Region Arachnoid Cysts....Pages 237-243
Sellar Region Epidermoid and Dermoid Cysts....Pages 245-250
Colloid Cysts of the Sellar Region....Pages 251-255
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Meningioma of the Sellar and Parasellar Region....Pages 259-269
Hemangiopericytoma....Pages 271-274
Schwannomas of the Sellar and Parasellar Region....Pages 275-280
Chordoma and Chondrosarcoma....Pages 281-288
Hemangioblastomas of the Sellar and Suprasellar Region....Pages 289-293
Cavernous Sinus Cavernous Hemangiomas....Pages 295-298
Optic Pathway (Opticochiasmatic) and Hypothalamic Gliomas....Pages 299-303
Pituicytomas and Sellar Ependymomas....Pages 305-309
Granular Cell Tumors....Pages 311-315
Germ Cell Tumors of the Sellar Region....Pages 317-323
Olfactory Neuroblastoma and Sellar Neuroblastoma....Pages 325-329
Hypothalamic Hamartoma....Pages 331-335
Plasmacytoma....Pages 337-342
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Lymphoma....Pages 343-346
Gangliocytoma and Ganglioglioma....Pages 347-354
Spindle Cell Oncocytoma....Pages 355-358
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Paranasal Sinuses....Pages 359-365
Sinonasal Melanoma....Pages 367-371
Sinonasal Adenocarcinoma....Pages 373-376
Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma (SNUC)....Pages 377-380
Fibrosarcoma of the Sellar Region....Pages 381-385
Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma (JNA)....Pages 387-390
Metastatic Tumors to the Pituitary Gland....Pages 391-399
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Spontaneous Abscess of the Sellar Region....Pages 403-406
Invasive Fungal Sinusitis and Fungal Abscess of the Sella....Pages 407-410
Mucocele and Mucopyocele....Pages 411-414
Sellar Tuberculosis....Pages 415-418
Neurocysticercosis of the Sellar Region....Pages 419-422
Granulomatous Conditions of the Sellar Region....Pages 423-433
Inflammatory Hypophysitis....Pages 435-442
Demyelinating Diseases: Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica....Pages 443-446
Front Matter....Pages 447-447
Cerebral Aneurysms with Intrasellar Extension....Pages 449-456
Arteriovenous Malformations....Pages 457-459
Front Matter....Pages 447-447
Cavernous Malformations (Angiomas) of the Sellar and Suprasellar Region....Pages 461-464
Vascular Fistulas of the Sellar and Parasellar Region....Pages 465-468
Carotid Artery Dolichoectasia and Kissing Internal Carotid Arteries....Pages 469-471
Sheehan’s Pituitary Infarction....Pages 473-475
Persistent Trigeminal Artery of the Sellar Region....Pages 477-479
Front Matter....Pages 481-481
Meningoceles and Encephaloceles....Pages 483-488
Empty Sella Syndrome....Pages 489-492
Pituitary Hypoplasia and Other Midline Developmental Anomalies....Pages 493-496
Duplication of the Pituitary Gland....Pages 497-499
Fibrous Dysplasia....Pages 501-504
Basilar Impression and Invagination....Pages 505-507
Front Matter....Pages 509-509
Traumatic Injury of the Sellar Region, Pituitary Stalk Disruption, and Posttraumatic Anosmia....Pages 511-515
Spontaneous, Traumatic, and Postoperative CSF Rhinorrhea....Pages 517-523
Pseudoaneurysms of the Internal Carotid Artery in the Sellar Region....Pages 525-527
Iatrogenic Pituitary Abscess....Pages 529-531
Back Matter....Pages 533-546