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Suprasellar Pathology

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Radiology of The Sella Turcica

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Abstract

Intrasellar craniopharyngiomas are benign tumors arising from epithelial remnants of Rathke’s pouch. They are, therefore, still referred to as Rathke’s pouch tumors, tumors of the craniopharyngeal pouch, or Erdheim’s tumor (1903).

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    Jean François Bonneville M.D. (Professor of Radiology, Head of Department of Neuroradiology)

  2. Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, 1, Place de l’Hôpital, F-67091, Strasbourg, France

    Jean Louis Dietemann M.D.

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Bonneville, J.F., Dietemann, J.L. (1981). Suprasellar Pathology. In: Radiology of The Sella Turcica. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67786-1_7

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