Pituitary region masses

Last revised by Joshua Yap on 20 Jul 2022

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Gaillard F, Yap J, Jones J, et al. Pituitary region masses. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 27 Jun 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-2131

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https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-2131

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Article created:

2 May 2008, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

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Last revised:

20 Jul 2022, Joshua Yap ◉ ◈

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Central Nervous System

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Synonyms:

Suprasellar mass
Pituitary region mass
Suprasellar masses

A simple and popular mnemonic to remember the common suprasellar/parasellar/intrasellar masses is SATCHMO. The more comprehensive list includes:

tumours
- pituitary adenoma (commonest in the adult population)
  - pituitary macroadenoma
  - pituitary microadenoma
- pituitary carcinoma
- pituitary lymphoma
- meningioma
- craniopharyngioma
- hypothalamic astrocytoma/glioma
- chiasmatic astrocytoma
- optic nerve glioma
- germinoma
- chordoma
- dermoid (CNS)/epidermoid /intracranial teratoma
- pituicytoma
- spindle cell oncocytomas
- pituitary metastases: from breast, lung, kidney, gastrointestinal tract and nasopharynx ³
- granular cell tumour of the pituitary (pituitary choristoma)
- pilocytic astrocytoma of the neurohypophysis (infundibuloma)
- granuloma (TB, syphilis, giant cell granuloma, eosinphilic granuloma) ³
- hamartoma of tuber cinereum ³
cellular infiltrates
other lesions
- anterior circulation berry aneurysm
- Rathke cleft cyst
- intracranial lipoma
- sphenoid sinus mucocoele
- pituitary abscess
- pituitary stone
- carotido-cavernous fistula ³

It is also helpful to consider differentials narrowed by pattern of MRI appearance.

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