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Anatomy of the Pituitary Gland and Sellar Region

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This chapter is divided into two sections. The first section deals with the relationships in the cranial base that are important in performing the various transcranial and subcranial approaches to the sellar region. The second section deals with the neural, arterial, and venous relationships in suprasellar and third ventricular regions that are important in planning surgery for pituitary adenomas.

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  1. Albert L. Rhoton Jr. MD
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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Kamal Thapar MD, PhD

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Kalman Kovacs MD, PhD

  3. Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Bernd W. Scheithauer MD  & Ricardo V. Lloyd MD, PhD  & 

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Rhoton, A.L. (2001). Anatomy of the Pituitary Gland and Sellar Region. In: Thapar, K., Kovacs, K., Scheithauer, B.W., Lloyd, R.V. (eds) Diagnosis and Management of Pituitary Tumors. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-217-3_2

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