Atlas of Sellar and Parasellar Lesions

Gabriel Zada, MD, MSDepartment of Neurological SurgeryKeck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern California 1975 Zonal Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90033, USAgzada@usc.eduM. Beatriz S. Lopes, MD, PhD  Department of Pathology (Neuropathology)University of Virginia School of Medicine1215 Lee Street, Room 3060–HEPCharlottesville, VA 22908, USAmsl2e@virginia.edu Srinivasan Mukundan, Jr, PhD, MDDepartment of RadiologyBrigham and Women’s Hospital75 Francis StreetBoston, MA 02115 USAsmukundan@partners.orgEdward Laws, Jr, MDDepartment of NeurosurgeryBrigham and Women’s HospitalHarvard Medical School15 Francis StreetBoston, MA 02115, USA elaws@partners.org

• Anatomy of the Sellar and Parasellar Region.- Imaging of the Sellar Region.- Pituitary Physiology and Endocrinology.- Pathology and Molecular Biology of the Pituitary Region.- The Direct Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach to the Pituitary Gland.- Transcranial and Skull Base Surgical Approaches to the Sellar and Parasellar Region.- Radiosurgery of the Sellar and Parasellar Region.- The Normal Pituitary Gland.- Pituitary Hyperplasia.- Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas.- Prolactinomas.- Somatotroph (GH) Adenomas.- Corticotroph (ACTH) Adenomas.- Silent Corticotroph (ACTH) Adenomas.- Thyrotroph (TSH) Adenomas.- Gonadotroph Adenomas.- Pituitary Apoplexy.- Atypical Pituitary Adenomas.- Pituitary Carcinoma.- Ectopic Pituitary Adenomas.- Craniopharyngioma.- Rathke Cleft Cyst.- Xanthogranuloma of the Sellar Region.- Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granuloma.- Sellar Region Arachnoid Cyst.- Sellar Region Epidermoid and Dermoid Cysts.- Colloid Cyst of the Sellar Region.- Meningioma.- Hemangiopericytoma.-  Schwannomas of the Sellar and Parasellar Region.- Chordoma and Chondrosarcoma.- Hemangioblastoma.- Cavernous Sinus Cavernous Hemangioma.- Optic Pathway (Opticochiasmatic) and Hypothalamic Gliomas.- Pituicytomas and Sellar Ependymomas.- Granular Cell Tumor.- Germ Cell Tumor.- Olfactory Neuroblastoma and Sellar Neuroblastoma.- Hypothalamic Hamartoma.- Plasmacytoma.- Lymphoma.- Gangliocytoma and Ganglioglioma.- Spindle Cell Oncocytoma.- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Paranasal Sinuses.- Sinonasal Melanoma.- Sinonasal Adenocarcinoma.- Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma (SNUC).- Fibrosarcoma of the Sellar Region.- Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma (JNA).- Metastatic Tumors to the Pituitary Gland.- Spontaneous Abscess of the Sellar Region.- Invasive Fungal Sinusitis and Fungal Abscess of the Sella.- Mucocele and Mucopyocele.- Sellar Tuberculosis.- Neurocysticercosis of the Sellar Region.- Granulomatous Conditions.- InflammatoryHypophysitis.- Demyelinating Diseases: Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica.- Cerebral Aneurysms with Intrasellar Extension.- Arteriovenous Malformations.- Cavernous Malformations (Angiomas) of the Sellar and Suprasellar Region.- Vascular Fistulas of the Sellar and Parasellar Region.- Carotid Artery Dolichoectasia and Kissing Internal Carotid Arteries.- Sheehan’s Pituitary Infarction.- Persistent Trigeminal Artery of the Sellar Region.- Meningoceles and Encephaloceles.- Empty Sella Syndrome.- Pituitary Hypoplasia and Other Midline Developmental Anomalies.- Duplication of the Pituitary Gland.- Fibrous Dysplasia.- Basilar Impression and Invagination.- Traumatic Injury, Pituitary Stalk Disruption, and Posttraumatic Anosmia.- Spontaneous, Traumatic, and Postoperative CSF Rhinorrhea.- Pseudoaneurysms of the Internal Carotid Artery in the Sellar Region.- Iatrogenic Pituitary Abscess.