Intrasellar mucocele simulating pituitary adenoma: case report

Neurosurgery. 1986 Feb;18(2):197-9. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198602000-00015.

Abstract

Mucoceles occupying the sella turcica with suprasellar extension are quite rare. A case of intrasellar mucocele is reported. The preoperative clinical and computed tomographic appearance could not be differentiated from that of pituitary adenoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / diagnosis
  • Brain Diseases / complications
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Female
  • Hemianopsia / etiology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucocele / complications
  • Mucocele / diagnosis*
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Sella Turcica*