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Suprasellar Granular Cell Tumor

Antje BornemannHans G. Boecher-schwarzBernd LudwigAxel PerneczkyGeorg Fries

subject

Microsurgeryendocrine system diseasesGadoliniummedicine.medical_treatmentchemistry.chemical_elementPituitary neoplasmCytoplasmic GranulesDiagnosis DifferentialMeningiomaMeningesMeningeal NeoplasmsmedicineHumansPituitary NeoplasmsAgedGranular cell tumormedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryMagnetic resonance imagingAnatomyMicrosurgerymedicine.diseaseMagnetic Resonance ImagingMicroscopy ElectronchemistryPituitary GlandFemaleSurgeryNeurology (clinical)Differential diagnosisMeningiomaNuclear medicinebusinessCalcification

description

A case of a suprasellar granular cell tumor, approximately 1.5 cm in diameter, in a 68-year-old woman is described. Diagnosis was established postoperatively by histopathological examination of the tumor tissue. The preoperative computed tomographic scan revealed a slightly hyperdense suprasellar mass with strong contrast enhancement. There was no evidence of calcification. The T1-weighted image on magnetic resonance imaging scan showed an isointense tumor with non-homogeneous enhancement after intravenous gadolinium diethylene-triamine-pentaacetic acid. In the proton-weighted image, the suprasellar mass presented a non-homogeneously enhanced signal. A non-homogeneous signal reduction was seen in the T2-weighted image.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1992-10-01Neurosurgery
https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-199210000-00021