Granulomatous hypophysitis

Neurology India;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......hyperprolactinemia (300 IU/l). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a sellar mass suggestive of a pituitary adenoma [Figure 1]. The tumor was...mimic those of an adenoma and include a homogenously enhancing sellar mass that may show suprasellar extension. Pituitary stalk thickening...

Lymphocytic hypophysitis presenting as pituitary apoplexy in a male

Neurology India;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......period. A contrast enhanced CT scan revealed the presence of a sellar mass suggestive of an adenoma. The patient was advised surgery...our institution. A magnetic resonance (MR) image showed a sellar mass with suprasellar extension [Figure 1], [Figure 2]. He was...

Intrasellar paraganglioma presenting as nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......revealed bitemporal hemianopsia with no apparent signs of endocrinologic dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large sellar mass believed to be a nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma. The tumor was removed transsphenoidally and submitted for histologic examination...

Prolactinoma manifesting with symptomatic hydrocephalus

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......ventricular mass with an enlarged sella and associated hydrocephalus. That same day, magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a sellar mass with suprasellar extension filling the third ventricle and obstructing both foramen of Monro (Fig. 1). An endocrine evaluation...

Metastatic lesions involving the sella: Report of three cases and review...

Neurology India;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......region was seen [Figure:1]a. Further work-up revealed a lung mass. The patient underwent a sphenoidotomy with a biopsy of the sellar mass. Histopathological analysis revealed findings consistent with metastatic small cell carcinoma [Figure:1]b. Her postoperative...

Diagnosis of compressive optic neuropathy may be delayed

Ophthalmology Times;  September 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ......examination showed dramatic progression in both eyes (Figure 2B). Magnetic resonance neuroimaging of the brain and orbits revealed a sellar mass extending superiorly and laterally (Figure 3A, 3B). Laboratory studies revealed a prolactin level of >10,000 g/l (normal...