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In a series of 1043 intracranial tumors studied with computer tomography, 170 neoplasms were located in the suprasellar region. Visual disturbances, as the leading localizing sign, were observed in 158 (94%) patients. Usually the radiologic diagnosis of parasellar and lateral extension of tumors was based on alterations in carotid angiography, while supra and retrosellar growth mainly was recognized by displace-ment of the chiasmatic cistern and the third ventricle in the pneumo-tomoencephalogram (FAHLBUSCH,1972,1973). Since computerized trans-axial tomography was introduced by HOUNSFIELD and AMBROSE in 1973 diagnosis of these tumors too has been simplified (STEINHOFFetal., 1975; KAZNER etal., 1975).
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Fahlbusch, R. et al. (1976). Suprasellar Tumors in the CT Scan. In: Lanksch, W., Kazner, E. (eds) Cranial Computerized Tomography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66494-6_13
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