Purely intrasellar pituitary mass
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Gaillard F, Sharma R, Kang O, et al. Purely intrasellar pituitary mass. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 15 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-17523
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Purely intrasellar pituitary masses have a similar differential as the more generic pituitary region mass gamut, or the mnemonic SATCHMO, although some entities are far more common than others.
Differential diagnosis
- pituitary hyperplasia
- pituitary microadenoma
- Rathke cleft cyst
- intracranial hypotension
- pituicytoma (aka posterior pituitary astrocytoma)
- inflammatory/infiltration
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craniopharyngioma
- uncommon: only 5-15% of all craniopharyngiomas are confined to the fossa 1
- meningioma
- metastasis
- cavernous carotid artery aneurysm
References
- 1. Bernstein M. Neuro-oncology, the essentials. Thieme. (2007) ISBN:1588904970. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 2. Lara capellan JI, Cuellar olmedo L, Martinez martin J et-al. Intrasellar mass with hypopituitarism as a manifestation of sarcoidosis. Case report. J. Neurosurg. 1990;73 (2): 283-6. doi:10.3171/jns.1990.73.2.0283 - Pubmed citation
- 3. Su CS, Lan MY, Chang YY et-al. Clinical features, neuroimaging and treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension and magnetic resonance imaging evidence of blind epidural blood patch. Eur. Neurol. 2009;61 (5): 301-7. doi:10.1159/000206856 - Pubmed citation
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